The Soul of a Library

Clear and sweet and savory emotion did not run in a rippling stream in my personal world- more pity to it! But in stories and poems I found passion unfettered, and healthy. Support me: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller Follow me: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 Additional Voices- Simone de Rochefort: https://twitter.com/doomquasar Zac Frazier: https://twitter.com/ZC_FRZR 99% Invisible- Weeding is Fundamental: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/weeding-is-fundamental/ Library of Congress Info: https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/#year-at-a-glance The Macabre of Bookbinding: Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: https://bookbindersmuseum.org/the-macabre-of-bookbinding-anthropodermic-bibliopegy/ The Torching of the Digital Library of Alexandria: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/the-tragedy-of-google-books/523320/ The Library of Babel 3D by Keiwan- https://keiwan.itch.io/library-of-babel-3d The Library: An Illustrated History- Stuart Murray (2009) The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts- Joshua Hammer (2017) The Library of Babel- Jorge Luis Borges (1941) The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders- Stuart Kells (2017) Video credits: IBJA- Abdel Kader Haidara: https://youtu.be/7nh8n3Rk5a4 CAD5150- Big Hat Logan: https://youtu.be/hJY0WnmwL1A FightinCowboy- Dark Souls Walkthrough: https://youtu.be/dfJJWz66-5U Werner de Klerk- Bamako Niger River: https://youtu.be/Kq1rSMk_Yl8 The ancient manuscripts at the "Ahmed Baba Institute:" https://youtu.be/AyQ0Ybu8Mw4 Lost Libraries of Timbuktu- BBC: https://youtu.be/nO9Mkfujhpc All geographical footage from Google Earth Thumbnail Credit: HotCyder- https://www.youtube.com/c/hotcyder Additional Footage: Jesse Guarascia Footage Used: Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Library of Babel 3D, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Assassin's Creed: Origins Music Used: Bayonetta (The Angels Descend, God’s Hymns,), Bioshock (Cohen’s Masterpiece), Bloodborne (Micolash, Nightmare Host), Chrono Cross (Another Voyage), Dark Souls (Daughters of Chaos), Disco Elysium (Evrart), Firewatch (Camp Approach), Gris (Karasu, In Your Hands), Nier Automata (Pascal (Instrumental), Voice of No Return), Octopath Traveler (On a Knife’s Edge), To the Moon (For River- Johnny’s Version) Description Credit: Mary Oliver- Staying Alive