Bondage of Illiteracy arrival in Dickson
quite a story
Tennessean: 12.19.2015
by Chris Gadd
Tommy Marvin has developed low expectations
for trips with Jerry Smith, who pointed that out amid laughter at a recent
gathering of local library leaders.
So Marvin didn’t expect while on a
football game road trip with Smith and Dan Alsobrooks to discover a sculpture
in a small Virginia town that would be displayed at the Dickson
County Public Library.
Nor did Smith or Alsobrooks. But that’s
how it happened.
The sculptor, Lynn Price, brought his piece, titled “Bondage
of Illiteracy” to Dickson last week from his home in Abingdon, Va. The town,
which has a population of about 8,000, is just northeast of Bristol.
Price, speaking to library board members
and the Friends of the Library on Friday last week, said the sculpture was
inspired partially by his own issues with reading and education. The hands,
that are bound with chains in the piece, are replicas of Price’s own hands.
“I was not a good reader. It held me back.
I just didn’t do well in school because I didn’t want to,” Price said. “But I
got lucky in life.”
“I think everyone needs to learn to read
and read well,” he added. READ MORE @
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