#FloatingLibraries

[ai-adventurer]

Journey to the Floating Libraries of Elara

Hey, adventurers! 

Today, I’m taking you on a journey to a place that exists somewhere between reality and the dreams of every book lover: the Floating Libraries of Elara.

These libraries aren’t your typical brick-and-mortar buildings. No, on Elara, the libraries are alive. They float gracefully in the sky, drifting between the clouds like ships on an endless sea. Each island is unique, with its own architectural style that reflects the nature of the knowledge it holds. Some are grand and towering, with spires that reach toward the stars, while others are humble, nestled among lush greenery and vibrant flowers. But all of them are filled with books, scrolls, and manuscripts from every corner of the multiverse. 

I chose the Orb of Lost Legends, and before I knew it, I was standing on the Isle of Forgotten Myths. The island was covered in mist, with ancient stone pathways winding through dense forests of towering trees. The library here was a magnificent ruin, its walls covered in ivy and moss, with bookshelves that seemed to grown out of the very ground. As I explored, I found stories that had been lost to time — tales of heroes and monsters, of gods and mortals, of worlds that had long since faded from memory.

But Elara isn’t just a place for passive reading. The stories here have a life of their own. As I read through a particularly old and weather tome, the words began to glow, lifting off the page and swirly around me. Suddenly, I was no longer in the library, but in the world of the story of itself, experiencing it firsthand. I fought alongside legendary warriors, navigated treacherous landscapes, and even outwitted a few cunning tricksters along the way. 

After what felt like days — though time works differently on Elara — I returned to the Great Index, my mind buzzing with the adventures I had just lived. As I stood there, looking out at the other floating islands, I realized that Elara is more than just a repository of knowledge. It’s a living, breathing testament to the power of stories, a place where imagination is not just encouraged, but celebrated.

Until our next adventure, keep dreaming, keep exploring, and never stop seeking out the magic in the world around you. 

Peej Ai

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with Really enjoyed this. It’s like a mix between Kafka and that book Holes, by Louis Sachar. * ‘One day in August a man disappeared. He had simply set out for the seashore on a holiday, scarcely half a day away by train, and nothing more was ever heard of him.’ * ‘Human life shouldn’t be so many bits of paper scattered about. Life is a bound diary, and one first page is plenty for one book.’ * #bookstagram #bookworm #bookphotography #igreads #instabook #fiction #reading #currentlyreading #bibliophile #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #koboabe #thewomaninthedunes #vintagebooks @vintagebooks

[yaminahglow]

📚 How good is this lofty library?! I'm being more intentional in finding time to read and stay mentally stimulated as part of this weeks #followthroughchallenge , with this library it would be a dream! loving this styled space how the floating library was strategically set definitely a #yglowapproveddesign ✨✨✨What keeps resonating with me lately is that the mind is our biggest power it's so important to feed it the good stuff what you believe you become so get yo mind right!! 👀👀✨ stay inspired & stay hungry this week! ✨ So what are you currently believing in? I want to know ☺️ please share ❤️ : : : : : : #lofts #library #reading #mindset #intention #lifestyle #cozy #positiveliving #design #interiors #decor #followthroughchallenge #focus #floatinglibrary #interiordesigner #yglow #creative #entrepreneur #concretedesign

[travelingstories]

The Floating Library

In a world of constantly changing climates, Bangladesh is frequently finding themself under water. Being such a flood prone country, especially during monsoon season, it has become hard for communities to develop. Providing proper education and healthcare is not exactly an easy task in such a situation.

  Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha is a non-profit organization registered with the Bangladesh government that has come up with a unique solution to allow the country’s people access to the resources they deserve.

  This organization runs a fleet of 54-vessels that includes floating schools, libraries, health clinics, and training centers. Shidhulai aspires to transform the waterways of the region into pathways of education, information and technology. Serving close to 97,000 people in flood-prone areas, they hope to help lift these people out of poverty.

  What is truly amazing is that not only does this organization care about providing an education to children in the form of school boats, they are also invested in ensuring a continued education for the people of Bangladesh by creating library boats!

  Some of the library boats that float along the Bangladesh water pathways contain the complete facilities of a standing library. This means they can hold about 1,500 books, 2 to 4 computers with Internet access, printers and mobile phones! The computers are even run by solar energy from panels on the boat.

  These amazing library boats allow children, youths, adults and senior citizens to learn computer skills and get information on agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, job opportunities, human rights, government processes and services!

  Despite the difficulties caused by the constant flooding, the people of Bangladesh are able to stay in touch with education thanks to Shidhulai and their transformed boats!

  You can learn more about the floating libraries and Shidhulai by visiting their website here!

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with ‘Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It’s a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it’s a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time. Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently. Some people say there are true things to be found, some people say all kinds of things can be proved. I don’t believe them. The only thing for certain is how complicated it all is, like string full of knots. It’s all there but hard to find the beginning and impossible to fathom the end. The best you can do is admire the cat’s cradle, and maybe knot it up a bit more...’ * Have only read The Passion and now this, but haven’t really warmed to Winterson. If anyone really likes one of her novels feel free to recommend, I’m willing to give her another try... * #bookstagram #bookphotography #igreads #instabook #fiction #bibliophile #reading #currentlyreading #booklover #bookworm #unitedbookstagram #orangesarenottheonlyfruit #jeanettewinterson #grovepress @groveatlantic

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with ‘There's a glimmer of a new emotion in the writer's soul. There's the beginning of an almost infantile enthusiasm. And I think: Everything that we have carefully built over centuries in order to remove ourselves from our animal nature, everything that language has covered over with metaphors and euphemisms (our arms, our faces, our waists), in one instant can be converted back to its naked, brutish substance: flesh, blood, bone. The lion doesn’t just devour people. It devours our very humanity.’ * This is a brilliant novel. Thanks for the recommendation @hebdo_readings 👏🏻🙌🏽 * #bookstagram #bookphotography #igreads #instabook #fiction #bibliophile #reading #currentlyreading #booklover #bookworm #bookish #bookcover #unitedbookstagram #miacouto #confessionsofalioness #africanliterature #picador @picador @picadorbooks

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with ‘This piece of earth- how many changes had come to it! Forest at a bend in the river, a meeting place, an Arab settlement, a European outpost, a European suburb, a ruin like the ruin of a dead civilization, the glittering Domain of new Africa, and now this.’ * #bookstagram #bookphotography #igreads #instabook #fiction #bibliophile #reading #currentlyreading #booklover #bookworm #bookish #bookcover #unitedbookstagram #abendintheriver #vsnaipaul #vintagebooks #vintageanchorbooks #vintageinternational @vintagebooks

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with ‘...books saved you. Having become your refuge, they sustained you. The power of books, this marvelous invention of astute human intelligence. Various signs associated with sound: different sounds that form the word. Juxtaposition of words from which springs the idea, Thought, History, Science, Life. Sole instrument of interrelationships and of culture, unparalleled means of giving and receiving. Books knit generations together in the same continuing effort that leads to progress. They enabled you to better yourself. What society refused you, they granted...’ * Second time reading this and equally impressive, lucid, sad and inspiring. * #bookstagram #bookphotography #igreads #instabook #fiction #bibliophile #reading #currentlyreading #bookish #bookcover #unitedbookstagram #africanliterature #africanwomen #senegal #solongaletter #mariamaba #wavelandpressinc

[fantasticradiouk]

@floatinglibrary with ‘In central Antwerp people did not care whether you lived or died. When they said hello in shops you could tell that it was routine, something rationed and passed out grudgingly. They said hello and looked past you, wanting to get on with their day, their life that had no place in it for you. There was no emotion in their voices. There was a furious pace to the city that hindered people from stopping to smile. And at bus stops there was a general suspicion of all things conspicuously foreign and very often she would find old women clutching their bags tighter if she stood close to them, strangling their bags under their armpits. And men quickly patted their trouser back pockets, assuring themselves that their wallets were safe. Even her fellow Africans did not talk to her. They had no curiosity to satisfy. Central Antwerp was a city of strangers, of anonymity. It was this anonymity that she sometimes craved.’ * #amreading #book #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bookaddict #bookphotography #igbooks #igreads #instabook #instaread #epicreads #fiction #literary #bibliophile #reading #readinglist #currentlyreading #booklover #libro #bookaholic #bookhoarder #goodreads #bibliophile #bookworm #onblacksistersstreet #chikaunigwe #vintagebooks #randomhouse @vintagebooks @penguinrandomhouse