Response from Long Beach, CA/Respuesta de Long Beach, CA

I think what connects us is entertainment because no matter what the subject, we are all connected to each other by what we like. For example, reading a book. We enjoy reading and that connects our thoughts with the writer, the maker of the book, the maker of the fonts used in the book, the designer of the book jacket, etc. Another is watching a movie. When we watch a movie we also connect with the creators of the movie along with the people we watch it with. Just a favorite pastime like fishing can connect a father with his children. Therefore, through having fun, we connect with each other.

I really enjoyed the book you made. I received the book from Cathy Chambers who works at the Millard Sheets Library at Otis College of Art and Design in LA. I'm sending the book to Georgia to my mother-in-law whom I think would appreciate it very much.

Take care and happy new year!

Karly Kojimoto
Long Beach, CA

Migratory Books at Pyramid Atlantic/Libros Migratorios en Pyramid Atlantic

This weekend, the Migratory Books will be featured in "Context is King," a talk by Mary Tasillo at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference. They will also be part of the noncurated exhibition The Democratic Multiple, that will be on display during the fair.

If anyone is interested in participating in the Migratory Books Project, please drop me an email at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com. Recipients of the Migratory Books, please either email me your responses or post them under the "Comments" button.


Este fin del semana, los Libros Migratorios será ofrecido en "Contexto es El Rey," un diologue de Mary Tasillo, en la Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair y Conferencia. En addicion, los libros sea una parte de la exposición, El Múltiplo Democrático, cuál usted puede ver durante el fair.

Si usted está interesado en participar en el Proyecto Libros Migratorios, por favor mandeme un email a la dirección electronia rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com. Recipientes de los Libros Migratorios, por favor mandeme un email o usa el botón de "Comments," por sus respuestas.

New Response/Nueva Respuesta

Today I received the following response:

Hi!

Judith Hoffberg passed your book along to me, and I like it quite a lot (have kept it far too long, in fact). I will pass it on this weekend. I tried to post a comment, but the program didn't make it possible. I will simply say to you that I think that what connects us is hope. Janice Mercure

Thanks Janice, for your response and for participating.

Recibí hoy esta respuesta:

Hola!

Judith Hoffberg me dio su libro, y me gusta mucho (Lo he tenido por mucho tiempo). Lo pasaré este fin del semena. Intenté, pero su programa no esta trabajo. Le digo qué nos conecta es la esperanza. Janice Mercure

Muchisimas gracias a Janice por su participación!

If you are a recipient of a Migratory Book, please use the "Comments," button to post your responses, or send me an email at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com.

Si un recipiente de un Libro Migratorio, por favor, usa el botón de "Comments," for sus respuestas, o mandeme un email a la rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com. Gracias!

Migratory Books in Baltimore, MD/Libros Migratorios en Baltimore, MD

This week I received the following email from Blaise Tobia:

Last month we were. . . in Baltimore, and I saw a spot that called out for me to deposit your Libro Migratorio. It was a little "free book exchange library" built as an artwork in the median of Mt. Royal Ave. just outside MICA. Some photos are attached.

Este semena yo recibí este email de Blaise Tobia:


El mez pasado estamos . . . en Baltimore, y vi un lugar eso era perfecto para su Libro Migratorio. Fue un instalación del arte en la forma de "biblioteca libre del intercambio de libro," en el mediano de Mt. Royal Ave, cerca de MICA. Fotos se atan.


If you are a recipient of a Migratory Book, please use the "Comments" botton to post your responses, or send me an email at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com.

Si un recipiente de un Libro Migratorio, por favor usa el botón de "Comments" por sus respuestas, or mandeme un email at rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com. Gracias!

New Response from England/Respuesta Nueva de Angleterra

Thanks to Andrew, who sent the following:
Gracias a Andrew, quién envió esta respuesta:

QUE NOS CONECTA?
I was given a Migratory Book in Somerset, West of England, and have brought it back to Spain, where I will be passing it on in the next few days.

Best Wishes,

Andrew

OF THE TALL TREES

May the peace of the tall trees

be with you

May the strength of the tall trees

be with you

May the delicacy of the new shoots of trees

be with you

May the trees’ nourishing of small birds and insects

be with you

May the deep rooted-ness in the earth of the tall trees

be with you

May the knowledge that all trees grow from the same earth

be with you

May the knowledge that all trees are growing towards the same sun

be with you

May the words that the trees whisper to the wind

be with you

May the peace of the tall trees

be with you

May the strength of the tall trees

be with you.

If you are a recipient of a Migratory Book, please use the "Comments" button to post your responses, or email them to me at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com.

Si un recipiente de un Libro Migratorio, por favor, usa el botón de "Comments" por sus respuestas, o mandeme un email a la dirección electronica rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com.

Response from England/Respuesta de Angleterra

Thank to Ama, in England, who sent the following response:

Gracias a Ama, en Angleterra, quién envió esta respuesta:


WHAT CONNECTS US?



I to you

one to another

we are connected by lines on a map:

the flight-paths of innumerable birds

each annually reaffirming

its three-dimensional map of the world

– a map whose principal features are

perching-places

drinking-places

feeding-places

meeting-places

nesting-places.



Highways, railroads, cities are of no significance.

Borders

watchtowers

guard-posts

barbed wire

immigration control:

these are meaningless.



The lie of the land

the angle of the sun

the mood of the sea

the cast of the wind

the set of the stars:

these are significant.



We are connected by a web

woven across the years

stitched across the sky

binding us together

one to another

I to you.





Ama, in England, recipient of book no. 63 which has now flown to a village in the mountains of southern Spain.

If you are a recipient of a Migratory Book, please use the "Comments" button to post your responses, or email them to me at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com.

Si un recipiente de un Libro Migratorio, por favor, usa el botón de "Comments" por sus respuestas, o mandeme un email a la dirección electronica rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com.

Migratory Books in China, Uruguay, and Italy / Libros Migratorios en China, Uruguay, y Italia

The Migratory Books have now reached China, Uruguay, and Italy. Thanks to Blaise Tobia and Virgina Maksymowicz, who carried and released a Migratory Book in China. Virginia writes, "I'm attaching a photo of us in Guilin, the place where all those traditional Chinese landscape painters made their watercolors. Just like when we saw the New Mexico hills that Georgia O'Keefe painted, we now realize that the Chinese painters were super-realists, not abstractionists!"

In addition, two Migratory Books are part of the Concentrado Poesia Experimental event in Montevideo, Uruguay, organized by Clemente Padin. This event will take place in the Galeria de Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura in August 2008.

The Migratory Books are also part of the BAU Container of Contemporary Culture's multimedia festival, taking place in Viareggio, Italy. The theme of 2008 Festival is PLACES OF UTOPIA, and will feature a hands-on reading room of books called THE UTOPIAN LIBRARY. This library will feature among others, the Migratory Books, and selections of books from the Ethereal Open Network archive.

If you are a recipient of a Migratory Book, please use the "Comments" button to post your response, or email them to me at rocinantepress (at) gmail (dot) com.

Ahora, Los Libros Migratorios estan en China, Uruguay, y Italia. Muchisimas gracias a Blaise Tobia y Virginia Maksymowicz, por llevando un libro a China y liberándolo allí. Virginia escribió, "Yo que ata una foto de nosotros en Guilin, el lugar donde todos esos pintores del paisaje del chino tradicional hicieron sus acuarelas. Apenas como cuando vimos las colinas de New México esa Georgia O'Keefe pintó, nosotros ahora realiza que los pintores chinos eran estupendo-realistas, no los abstractionists!"

Además, los Libros Migratorios son un parte de Concentrado Poesia Experimental, un evento en Montevideo, Uruguay, organizado de Clemente Padin. Este evento ocurrirá en Galeria de Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura, en agosto 2008.

Los Libro Migratorios estan un parte de BAU Continitore di Cultura Contemporanea tambien. Este festival de multimedia está ocurriendo en Viareggio, Italia. La tema de festival 2008 es LUGARES DE UTOPÍA, y tendrá un cuarto donde libros que pueden ser tocados, llamó LA BIBLIOTECA UTÓPICA. Esta biblioteca ofrecerá, con otros, los Libros Migratorios, y selecciones de el archivo de Ethereal Open Network.

Si un recipiente de un Libro Migratorio, por favor usa el botón de "Comments" por sus respuestas, o mandeme un email a la dirección electronica de rocinantepress (a) gmail (punto) com. Gracias!