#31: Zhongshuge Bookstore, China
Don’t you feel like the past has an aura of mystery that the present doesn’t have? One explanation is that we’re more familiar with what’s contemporary and look at the past with rose-colored glasses. However, to say that there isn’t any magic in the present would be a big lie…
Not everything is done exclusively with a practical purpose, even in the 21st century. Just because many things made today seem only to serve function and purpose isn’t true for everything. Who knows? Perhaps a century from now, future generations will look back and be mesmerized by what remains from our times.