“The grand facade so soon will burn”
A look back at a time supporting a great local bookstore and in finding a treasure to affirm my goals! I remember the warm, welcoming atmosphere of the shop, the smell of fresh pages, and the excitement of discovering new stories and ideas.
I like local events, where community members gather to share their love for literature, but having a global community is equally great.
I dream of traveling the world, exploring different cultures, and immersing myself in diverse literary traditions, all while knowing that readers across continents are engaging with my work.
There’s a unique joy that comes from this connection; it feels wonderful and a bit mysterious to think that my words resonate with others, no matter where they are. Each book I write nurtures this bond, creating a open space for my readership united by a shared passion for storytelling that transcends borders.
Jack Davis Mad Magazine original!
John Burton Davis Jr., December 2, 1924
Died July 27, 2016 (aged 91)
I was cleaning, dusting, and found some old books. Historic books document a time and place in our history. Well, Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine is an authentic documentary experience. So, it will be around and available on Amazon for your purchase.
I am grateful to WordPress for highlighting my other books and works of the last fourteen years. I am happy happy. My goal of publishing books and starting a publishing company is reality.
I continue to ponder another chap book of poetry or new documentary experience.
I recently did an in book appearance locally. It was my touch with the real world. I love my local bookstore. Grateful to the Open-Book Topanga for supporting me and other authors. It feels so good, a real turn on.
Purchased at the Open-Book Topanga /WoodlandHills
The new or should I say The Modern Prometheus.
“And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life– and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
The creative imagination or at the door of perception, what has gone before you, bends backwards touching you with a sparky hopeful friendship electric zap?!
At our local bookstore the Open-Book Woodland Hills.
https://theopenbook.net/woodland-hills-location/
The hours reading Mad Magazine as a kid and taking the creative impulse of the cartoons and doodles to incorporate into the future of Flipside Fanzine.
The love of a monster whose soul is the Modern Prometheus, electricity. All come together at a bookstore. So, I know this bookstore holds the magic intelligence of its authors.
“A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.” ~ Malcolm X
Banned books, really? It raises an intriguing question about the nature of freedom, access to information, and the power dynamics that shape what we are allowed to read.
Throughout history, various texts have been deemed controversial or dangerous, leading to their removal from libraries and schools.
This often sparks debates about censorship and the role of literature in challenging societal norms, making us ponder whether banning books ultimately suppresses ideas that could provoke important conversations.
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” ~ To Kill a Mockingbird
Book by Harper Lee
Beware all who walk into this place. The Open-Book Woodland Hills will read you like a scanning AI. But it is really the souls of those who came before you who will appease yours, with joy beyond measure.
“How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!”
~ Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
And two songs synchronized to this time of liminality, “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel, resonates deeply as it captures the essence of fleeting moments and transformative experiences. And “Take this Heart of Mine”… which The Saints have always.
Come to your own conclusion!
Marjorie Main
