15/31

Links to 14/31 &
the 31 Things Launch Post

Probably similar to most bibliophiles, I have several bookends including my favourite, a pair of elephants my daughter gave me. But THE ones in this photo are pretty special too, definitely vibrant things. 

I am a sucker for any art that incorporates or emphasizes text—if done subtly, it invites curiosity or boosts the interpretation, or as with these bookends, it invites playfulness. 

Fun fact: the word THE is the most common word in the English language. It does a lot of language heavy lifting. It announces most nouns in sentences, those already mentioned, or those about to be mentioned as featured in this famous quote from poet Robert Frost "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

By declaring various persons, places, things, ideas AND because it can position nouns either before or after itself, I say THE essentially acts as a bookend itself. Whoa, eh? Insert mind-blown emoji here.

If you're also a dork who adores words, you might appreciate this YouTuber, Robwords.