Imagination Takes Flight
Nagano, Japan, 1998

Award - Honorable Mention

This sculpture honours the power of literacy.  

A woman sits reading, absorbed in the world to which a book has magically taken her.

Imagination Takes Flight

The breeze plays in her hair, and ruffles the pages of her book. 

She does not notice that a page is loose, and has blown out entirely, for her attention is diverted by a gentle touch on her shoulder. Imbued with the mystery and magic of a story, the errant page has transformed in the wind to become a small bird, which she feels landing softly on her shoulder.

The power of a book to make thoughts take flight is celebrated in this sculpture. Another moment in time is created in our memory.

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Lenvol de l’Imagination

Assise, une femme est plongée dans une lecture magique.  Une brise s’amuse dans sa chevalure, et fait bruire les pages de son livre.

Elle ne s’aperçoit pas que l’une des pages s’est d’étachéepour flotter au vent, car une présence qui l’effleure vient la distraire.

La page vagabonde, impregnée du mystère et de la magie de l’histoire, s’est transformée en une petite oiseau, qu’elle sent se percher doucement sur son épaule.

Cette sculpture célèbre le pouvoir qu’un livre a, de donner des ailes à nos pensées.

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