In "Second-hand Reading," William Kentridge animates drawings created directly on pages of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, transforming the printed text into a dynamic visual narrative through stop-motion flipbook technique. The work explores the relationship between language, meaning, and image by literally drawing over dictionary entries, suggesting how words acquire new significance through artistic intervention and subjective interpretation. By using the authoritative source of a dictionary as his substrate, Kentridge questions the fixedness of linguistic meaning while demonstrating how animation can liberate static text into fluid, evolving forms.