This is my "Ex-Libris" (left). For those who are not familiar with the term, an Ex Libris is a printed image the size of a small post card that is glued into the inside cover of a book. (Sometimes it is also called a "Bookplate"). It generally identifies who the owner of the book is, but it also acts as a window onto the personality of the owner. The owl in my Ex Libris represents knwoledge, and the constant bombardment of information "eating" at my brain. The book I'm reading has "Intoku" written in Kanji text on the cover. Notice below that there is a tragic component to the Ex Libris, in the form of the overhang cracking and slowly about to break-unbeknown to me. Indeed, I believe that we are all tragic figures in this world, partially oblivious to the dangers around us. The presence of the owl is also my tribute to my grandfather's Ex Libris (pictured below). The crumbling Greek ruins in his Ex Libris echo with my crumbling overhang too. My Ex Libris was drawn by Ray Frenden, whose site is here frenden.com Ray is an accomplished illustrator for magazines like Wired and The Fray. In my grandfather's Ex Libris just below the owl it also says "Carpe Diem", which means "Sieze th Day".