Flying Off the Shelves

The problem in our country is not with books being banned,

but with people no longer reading.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture.

Just get people to stop reading them.

The above quote is on the website of a blog-pal,

Dive of Small Glass Planet. The words were spoken by

the author of one of my favorite books, whose name

I won't reveal, out of deference to Dive's quiz.

  The installation in the main entry of the IMA,

Richard Wentworth's False Ceiling,

seems to pair perfectly with two bookcases

from The Public Collection.

While the installation is in place, the IMA

is requesting that visitors submit a guess estimating

the number of books used to create the display.

Each month, an entry will be selected 

to receive either a Dual/Family Membership 

or a $75 Museum gift card.

Just past Wentworth's installation, 

there are two additional bookcases from 

The Public Collection series. 

The one in the middle picture, called PlayStation,

is by LaShawnda Crowe Storm, and

 provides children with an irresistible invitation 

to read and play. The area in the IMA

has been made into a comfortable gathering 

place for children and other living things,

with couches, chairs and carpets where visitors 

may relax and enjoy the books and passers-by.

Adults will be fascinated by the wooden

"refrigerator" provided by Tom Torluemke.

Of course, its called Cool Books - Food for Thought.