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zephyr aka friendly hiker
Joined: 21 Jun 2009 Posts: 3361 | TRs | Pics Location: West Seattle |
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zephyr
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:54 pm
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For the rock and stone lovers amongst us I submit this sweet video by the rock balancer artist Michael Grab. Over the past several years he has developed a meditational practice and art form from balancing rocks in various locations. He started in Boulder Creek in Boulder, Colorado in 2008.
Here is a video he produced for 2014 of some of his work. From his website Gravity Glue are these words: Gravity Glue exists to share my (Michael Grab’s) experience in the art of stone balance… All Gravity Glue images and videos exhibit real rocks that I’ve balanced and photographed myself… The process boils down to contemplative stone arrangement; involving patience, adaptation, slow-breathing, steady hands, and a plethora of other practiced skills…
And this: I am constantly in awe at the stillness, let alone possibility, of such precarious formations, amidst sometimes very turbulent conditions. For me this reflects our own potential to maintain a still-point amidst the variety of challenges we each face throughout our lives.
These are not cairns, so please don’t head down that contentious path. Michael’s work is a temporary art form, produced, recorded and released back to the stillness. Enjoy, ~z
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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MtnGoat
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:03 pm
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Incredible. Even I'd be amazed clean out of kicking those works of art if I ran across one in the back country.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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puzzlr Mid Fork Rocks
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 7216 | TRs | Pics Location: Stuck in the middle |
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puzzlr
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Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:27 pm
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I like the inclusion of the balancings being destroyed by a single small rock thrown at them. They accept that it's inherently an ephemeral art form.
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IanB Vegetable Belayer
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 1061 | TRs | Pics Location: gone whuljin' |
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IanB
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Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:17 pm
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Really extraordinary - thanks, zephyr, for posting!
The goose standing on one leg at 2:05 made me
puzzlr wrote: | ...it's inherently an ephemeral art form. |
That's why (most) cairns don't bother me so much. The definition of ephemeral depends upon the time frame that it is measured against. Andy Goldsworthy regularly creates works vulnerable to the next rising tide or even a puff of wind. So when he builds a massive cairn containing a void within which is planted a sapling oak, the unraveling may take decades, but is nonetheless still an integral, expected, and welcomed part of the creative process.
"Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." - Harvey Manning
"Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." - Harvey Manning
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
Incredible, hard to believe that rocks can balance like that! I found the slow motion reverse destruction clips to be especially fascinating.
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lookout bob WTA proponent.....
Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 3043 | TRs | Pics Location: wta work while in between lookouts |
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lookout bob
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Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:51 am
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"Altitude is its own reward"
John Jerome ( from "On Mountains")
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