Reading and Display

Think of the stack of books on your nightstand or the pile of magazines on your coffee table. It’s a pile of good intentions. Every time you look at it, it’s a quiet reminder of what you haven’t read, a task list for your leisure time that creates a subtle, underlying pressure.

At the same time, your most beautiful and inspiring books are packed tightly onto a shelf, their artful covers hidden from view. The very objects you acquired to enrich your life become part of the background noise, their potential for daily inspiration lost. They are stored, but they are not seen.