My cousin the Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis University’s Goldfarb-Farber Library

Please enjoy these pictures of my cousin the Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis University’s Goldfarb-Farber Library. I visited earlier this summer. We had a great time! As you can tell, Express Yo’self is a little more freewheeling and adventurous than me.

"We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of the decadent American society. We want education that teachs us our true history and our role in the present day society." -- Blank Panther Party, 10-point program, point #5 — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: cartoon character with speech bubble: I dunno what to tell you man — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Though my soul must set for darkness/It shall rise in perfect light/I have loved the stars too fondly/To be fearful of the night — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: cartoon bird with speech bubble: "Oh No..." I am the Best! We are the BEST! — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: jumble of illegible words near a series of buttons on the wall. — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: jumble of illegible words, and: We all have both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. that's who we really are. — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: several cartoon figures, including Batman. Illegible text. — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: realistic drawing of girl's face and hair. Chinese writing. Please! Next time I want to have a crush on a non-gay...[illegible, obscured by drawing of girl] — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: We are either our greatest enemies or our greatest friends. Or both. Live Your Life. Love Trumps Hate. [drawing of chameleon] — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [cartoon figure peering out from behind another] SMAE — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

Express Yo'self Wall at Brandeis: [drawing of palm tree and monkey] Be Happy, DJ Ross, Hour 7! [small cartoon faces] — Express Yo’self Wall at Brandeis

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.