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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

These objects can train what he calls the active imagination

These objects can train what he calls the active imagination

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These objects can train
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what he calls the active imagination.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
03:20:52
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Because they exhibit - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Because they exhibit
In fact, I realize, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
In fact, I realize,
As you walk down the street - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
As you walk down the street
You move through the series of actions - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
You move through the series of actions
And above all, he's interested, he writes, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And above all, he's interested, he writes,
How something comes into being is critical. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
How something comes into being is critical.
And when I read this, my heart swells. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And when I read this, my heart swells.
This is my rubric, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
This is my rubric,
Tschirnhaus is describing with a passionate lucidity - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Tschirnhaus is describing with a passionate lucidity
Primo Levi, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Primo Levi,
Necessary, symmetrical, suited to purpose, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Necessary, symmetrical, suited to purpose,
Be very, very careful when you describe - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Be very, very careful when you describe
The manner of what we make - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The manner of what we make
Music and your work. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Music and your work.
Yes. And you work to it. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Yes. And you work to it.
And it was this wonderful piece - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
And it was this wonderful piece
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