Hardbound Cassell's Italian Dictionary 1964. Size: 9" x 6", 1096 pp
Hardcover dictionaries manufactured in any country between the years 1900 - 1970 are the best sketch pads for pen and ink. Paper has a wonderful scent, is cool, smooth & delicate to the touch, and permanent ink & wash will never bleed. I was reluctant to share this, but trust there are more than enough old dictionaries for all to enjoy.
Hardbound Cassell's Italian Dictionary 1964. Size: 9" x 6", 1096 pp
P.A. Nordstedt & Soners Ordbok, 1919. Size: 6" x 3.75", 314 pp
The above entry was a reminder to myself to seize the moment when inspiration strikes. Emmet Fox describes it best as THE UNICORN in the book Around The Year With Emmet Fox. Here is an excerpt:
"As long as we insist upon telling God his business, nothing very much can come of our prayers.
The ox, the mule, the donkey, will obediently pull your plow or your cart, and take them where you want to go; but you have to know where you are going and how to get there. The unicorn will not do chores. He will not pull a cart or turn a mill. He will not take orders. The unicorn knows where he is going, and it is always somewhere you could not choose because you never heard of it, and in your present consciousness you could not even dream that such a place could exist.
Nevertheless, there are such places, and the unicorn knows them, and is not interested in anything less. Some day it may happen, probably when you least expect it, that the unicorn will suddenly appear at your side, eyes flashing, nostrils quivering, pawing the ground with impatience. When that happens, do not try to put a bridle on him, or to look for some task for him to do. He will not do it and there will be no time. No sooner, seemingly, has he appeared than off he will go again. So do not pause, but leap on his back, for he is a flying steed, and he wings his way to the gates of the morning.
On that ride problems are not solved – they disappear."
"As long as we insist upon telling God his business, nothing very much can come of our prayers.
The ox, the mule, the donkey, will obediently pull your plow or your cart, and take them where you want to go; but you have to know where you are going and how to get there. The unicorn will not do chores. He will not pull a cart or turn a mill. He will not take orders. The unicorn knows where he is going, and it is always somewhere you could not choose because you never heard of it, and in your present consciousness you could not even dream that such a place could exist.
Nevertheless, there are such places, and the unicorn knows them, and is not interested in anything less. Some day it may happen, probably when you least expect it, that the unicorn will suddenly appear at your side, eyes flashing, nostrils quivering, pawing the ground with impatience. When that happens, do not try to put a bridle on him, or to look for some task for him to do. He will not do it and there will be no time. No sooner, seemingly, has he appeared than off he will go again. So do not pause, but leap on his back, for he is a flying steed, and he wings his way to the gates of the morning.
On that ride problems are not solved – they disappear."
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