Vanishing Book
What if a book slowly faded away as you read it?
I like to read. No, really, I do. Sure the last couple years I’ve been pretty busy and I haven’t read nearly as much as I used to read in the “old days”, but I do still love to read. Most of the time, I grind right through a book at a pretty steady pace, never really stopping until I finish it. Every once in awhile, though, I do get stuck. For whatever reason, a book may not grab me and hold my attention or get to a slow part and I’ll lose interest. So, what if there was a way to add a sense of urgency to reading?
Well, that’s just what El Libro que No Puede Esperar, which translates as ‘The Book that Cannot Wait’, does, it makes you hurry, because, truly, the book cannot wait. It’s a collection of stories by Latin American authors that’s printed in disappearing ink. The book slowly starts to fade as soon as the sealed, plastic package is opened and will vanish completely in about two months, leaving an exceptionally well crafted blank book. In fact, people who buy the book are encouraged to use it as a journal after the original ink disappears completely.
So, what about it? Would “The Book That Cannot Wait” keep you motivated to read faster? Or just seem like a waste of paper?
Well, either way, you can hit that link and see photos of the book, both sealed and with ink disappearing. Go ahead and take a look. It is, after all, Friday and you weren’t doing anything anyway!
