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Imagination Gives Us Wings at Civic Center Library

Larry Kirkland


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Location

Scottsdale Civic Center Library, entrance

3839 N Drinkwater Blvd

Larry Kirkland_IMAGINATION GIVES US WINGS

Description

Completed: 1994

Media: Marble, aluminum, 23k gold leaf

An oculus in the form of a bird (a swift) is cut into the roof. As the sun traces across the sky the silhouette of the bird �flies� across the surfaces of the entryway. A 20-foot-long gilded feather is suspended below as if it has fallen from the bird's wing. The feather appears to be floating toward a granite inkwell inscribed with a line of poetry by Emily Dickinson: �So many possibilities; let imagination give us wings.�

 

 

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