Holding Dear The Value of the Real
As we move ineluctably into a virtual age, there are still things we touch that touch our lives. In the Levenger Press book Holding Dear, Levenger co-founder Steve Leveen and a circle of Levenger friends reveal the objects that, for them, serve to inspire--thought, action, contemplation, renewal. In this book you’ll find original essays by these friends of Levenger, along with more than 20 others, on the objects of their affection. Among the other contributors are Kate DiCamillo, Joseph Finder, Kevin Kelly and Ross King. In addition to contemplating the present through these essays, Holding Dear delves into the past and looks into the future. Steve begins the book by recounting the history of Levenger (and how he overcame a youthful mistrust of objects). He then predicts which physical objects from the past--objects based on the heritage technologies of paper, ink and leather--will still hold a place in our virtual future.