Library+of+Imagination

In our human library of imagination we have many items that symbolize human achievement, history, discoveries, and things that stimulate the mind and imagination.

These are the things Sabrina and I would like to have in our library of imagination:

 1. We would like anything to do with religion or mythology (old bibles, etc) because we find the theory'speople come up with to explain things they can't understand (eg, why it rains) very interesting. 

 2. Artwork from famous artists that make you want to stop and stare because they display the emotions, stories and thoughts of people through amazing creativity and imagination. [|Youtube: Paintings of Salvador Dali]

 3.We both wanted some of the very first musical instruments, because inventing something that may just be a wooden box with strings and having some sort of idea that it will have the capacity to create beautiful music is fascinating. We also find it amazing how much effort they put into the making of musical instruments hundreds of years ago, and how they were all pretty much works of art. Just like art, music is another way for someone to express emotions and stories. Not only that but it is also a great entertainment that everyone can enjoy.

 4. Leonardo da Vinci's journal had about 1300 pages of notes and drawings that were made throughout his life and travels. It contained paintings, studies of detail and drapery, studies of faces and emotions, of animals, babies, dissections, plant studies, rock formations., whirl pools, war machines, helicopters, architecture, designs for wings, and shoes for walking on water. This belongs in our library of imagination because all of his studies in natural philosophy, engineering and artwork were all recorded in here because he used his knowledge and imagination as he observed the world around him.

 5. We would also like to have any existing records of the conviction of people who had the bravery to believe something outrageous to many people at the time, like that the world is actually round, not flat. These people must have had a great imagination and a lot of courage to defy many people to stand up for their beliefs.

6. The first man made machines that could travel into space so humans could discover the universe around us. Before, there was no point to even think about going into space. Now we are trying to terraform other inhabitable planets so we will be able to live on them. This definatley goes to show that imagination can take the mind wherever it desires.

7. Ancient appliances. When I was in the Pompeii museum last year, I noticed that in Pompeii two thousand years ago they used many of the same things as we do today, like keys, faucets, and even muffin tins. I think it's amazing how people so long ago came up with these great ideas and inventions that are still used all over the world.

 8. The Rosetta Stone. We think this deserves to be in our library of imagination because it was the basis of decoding the Egyptian hyroglyphs. With the stone, people have been able to discover and learn more about the culture and life in ancient Egypt. [|All About the Rosetta Stone]

 9. If it were possible, we would like to have one of the very first wheels created. The wheel (invented about 5000 BCE) is an amazing invention for it's simplicity and and practicality. The people who made and used the first wheels, must have imagined it as a great way to make work and moving things easier. Therefor we definitely believe it belongs in our library of imagination.

10. Gandhi's spectacles because they're iconic and they bring to mind Gandhi's great capacity to imagine victory over the British by non violent means.

11. We want Sigmund Freud's first edition of Interpretation of Dreams. It was his Magnum Opus published in 1900. It only sold 351 copies, and went out print, yet it was a massive influence on the way humans knew themselves for the next hundred years. He and his associates created the science of psychology, and he was know as the grandfather of psychology. We want his this book, his greatest work, in our library because of the way Freud changed things. In the book, he tries to show people a phycological method to interpreting the meaning of dreams.

Building: ~ glass roof so you can always see the sky ~ 3 floors - first floor is all artwork and instruments - second floor is for items like ancient appliences, the first wheel, Ghandi's spectacles, and the Rosetta stone - third floor has all the records, bibles, Freud's books, and Leonardo's journal with real models of some of his ideas.(eg. his aircraft design could hang from the ceiling) <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~ tons of glass bridges and stairways interconnecting the levels <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~ a planetarium with interactive space rovers   <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~lounge areas facing the artwork on the walls   <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~a pillar in the middle of the floor to the roof with some inspiring quotes about imagination engraved on it like:  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Tthe real source of wealth and capital in this new era is not material things...it's the human mind, the human spirit, the human imagination and our faith in future" - Steve Forbes  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I am a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you will join us so the world will live as one." - John Lennon <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"You can't depend on your eyes if you imagination is out of focus." - MarkTwain  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"What is proved now was once imagined." - William Blake  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"It's kinda fun to do the impossible." -Walt Disney  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the thinks you can think up if ony you try." - Dr. Seuss <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picaso  <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Nothing happens unless we first dream." - Carl Sandburg   <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">    <span style="color: #a324a3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From all the Libraries of Imagination, my overall favourite concepts are of the waterfall, the blob of clay, and my idea of Sigmund Freud's Interpretation of Dreams. The idea of the waterfall is that it 'falls endlessly, like time'. I think this is a original simile, and is a really good idea for the library because it show's the timelessness of imagination. I also really like how someone said that a blob of clay could be moulded into anything, and that is a really basic but good metaphor how any small idea can transform into something great. I liked my idea of Freud's book because it really changed the way humans thought of themselves for a long time after it was published, and is therefor was very imaginative. I think that all of the idea's were really good, but these are my favourites.