Literary Pick (*)

The Accidental Masterpiece, On The Art Of Life And Vice Versa
(Michael Kimmelman)






















I'm reading all the reviews and am wondering if we're discussing the same book...
I can't say I remember much details about it..  Mostly interesting yet useless information. It's about how people's projects and passions accidentally become works of art. In one chapter of the book I remember the author talking about a friend who had this modest library in his small NYC city apt, how it had become sort of his masterpiece. The books were placed just so, not necessarily organized.. and I got the impression the collection was nourished throughout it's growth and had become part of this man's personality. I thought that was extremely interesting since I've always felt like that about my own collection. But other than that story the book was pretty dull.