Rock Whispering
- December 2nd, 2012
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“What you pay attention to is what you become conscious of. Always.”
~ Unknown
This is the third orb-looking thing I’ve completed now since the first one last week. Making them so far has been extremely contemplative. So much care and attention must be paid to the overall balance the entire time. If not observed carefully, one small rock can bring down the massive blob of rocks. I had it happen at the end of an attempted blob…the one that would have been done before this one. LEARNING EXPERIENCE. So I took the lesson and applied it to this particular blob. This one actually rocked in the wind and scared the hell out of me a few times.
My body closely tuned with the feeling of the blob. There’s a point of feeling when I KNEW it would collapse without me. Instant adrenaline.
I really love this place. It is so quiet and relaxing. And the hike I make to get here kicks my ass every time. I always arrive to the quarry huffing for breath. But the strenuous lung exercise has a purifying quality. As if my spirit is cleansed by really pushing the limits of my own breath. I arrive with a clear spirit, and an activated creative instinct…. Deeeeeeeeep Breeeaaath…
**Notice the small point of light in the top picture.. near the horizon to the right of the globe, but still in the sky. I imagine with its brightness it might be another planet? Does anyone have any insight? Photo was taken December 1st 2012 at 4:46pm MST. camera view is pointing NE, so the light is prolly closer to due East.
I’m wondering about the size by the perspectives of the two images with you in them . . You are so much smaller looking, and the blob so much larger looking in the middle one?? What causes this? … Extraordinary blob work
the ground slopes down a bit behind the blob. so if i stand back there, it gives perspective of me looking small. thanks! btw :)
Hi Micheal,
i m really happy for you. This sculpture is amazing ! i think this n award for your
Will to discovered and try new way of being.
I m so proud to met you in Italy and if i ll cone to the usa ill come to visot
Thabks a lot
paolo
I am pretty sure that is Jupiter. It is at opposition to the sun on 12/2.
I came across your site from http://www.thisiscolossal.com/. When I am hiking, I often build small rock cairns as a token of appreciation of the place I am in. Your art beautifully shares that sense while exploding the constraints of a “cairn.” Thank you.
Loving it, Michael. I don’t know why, but it really speaks to me. It is almost as if I understand it in exactly the way Alan Watts is describing in the quote about technique (Nov 11 post). I was always fascinated with the art of balance. And to know that it is done by a fellow Boulderite and the fact that I stumbled to your site from Huffington Post of all things makes me appreciate everything around me that much more. Thank you, Michael.
The small point of light in the top picture of the orb is indeed Jupiter. I have a screenshot from a star tracking app I can send to you.
these are profound~
What an amazing work. I tried to do it, but it is so difficult the find the right balance. I appreciate your creative works.