Three Lives & Company
Book Store in Manhattan´s West Village
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Photography: Maria Eilersen
Text: Maria Eilersen
You're a living room, but not the kind where nothing can be touched; rather, you're a hospitable salon that yearns for fingers to graze its interior, to be held, perused and occupied- indefinitely. Judge you do not, smiling instead with doors open wide, ready to embrace and soothe away stress while humming a classical lullaby.
Aged and wise, you console us with tales of hope and expand our knowledge by sharing your own, because, in your company, we are never rushed; you are patients, unaffected by the stirring concrete grid that lies beyond your walls, and stubborn enough to stay the same. Though you nurture us with beauty, religion and happy endings, you make sure to ground us with realism and philosophy, placing equal weight on opposing perspectives fostered in your womb. Confined inside your exposed brick walls, you never impose on a wandering eye nor foist a purchase, subject or opinion on a curious soul, echoing the New York´s rich range of opportunity, you show us everything you have to offer, but unlike the city, you will hold our hands as we grow.
