Symposium Year
2025
Preview
Start Date
4-17-2025 12:00 AM
End Date
4-17-2025 12:00 AM
Description
These mind-altering bookends signify that no matter what your limitations might be there is always something to be gained from opening a book. One side of my conceptual cranium sculpture signifies the soft spongy matter ready to soak in all the knowledge it can manage. It is “Brainstorming” all the ideas it is gathering while reading through as many of the books it can capture. The opposite side demonstrates the dense rigid structure of a thriving mind in action. This brain is gaining information from the simple ABC’s to complex DNA and thriving. I live with dyslexia but never tire of a great illustrated “DIY” manual. My dad suffered years with dementia, but we would read through a Sportsman’s Guide or military surplus catalog, and it brought him so much happiness, occasionally he would recall a memory while going through those catalogs. My hand built ceramic bookends are not inspired by a storybook, but by The Dictionary of Thoughts, which is filled with endless inspiring quotes. I am afraid the digital electronic handheld devices children are getting addicted to may make books obsolete one day, the way that printed newspapers and magazines are slowly fading away. These bookends may someday be a relic like the card catalog or the microfiche reader.