Here are the before and after shots of placing this incredible sculpture.
It has a breathtaking impact for everyone who comes around the corner in theback yard. Some of the roots are bigger than the surrounding trees.
I welcome the weathering that will occur over the years. Perhaps the kids can
play on it too.
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It looks like a scorpion or an octopus. Thanks for The New Earth suggestion. Anything Eckhart Tolle is welcome over here.
Oh and thanks for the Kung Fu mention. I'm going to be watching as much old DVD Kung Fu as possible to research student/master relationships. Should be really fun. Peace to the east and west,
B
I was thinking it looked like Ganesh.
Oh I'm glad I didn't insult you with the Kung Fu mention, heehee.
How about the Castaneda series as research? There are some hilarious bits between master and student.
I thought octopus, too. It's definitely otherworldly.
Yeah, I read Castaneda's A Separate Reality earlier this year. Which book do you recommend most by him?
This totally reminds me of that Hindu god with the billion arms. This is the coolest thing. What a treasure! Lucky duck!
Beautiful tree... wish I was sitting out there gazing at it... I'm sure it would induce so much peace. Beatiful pictures. Thank you!
Really incredible roots and tree. What an amazing place you are having around there. I really dig the stones. Are you relating them to the constelations? which is what ancient stone movers were doing and their goal was to create a memory focus of solstices and precessions.
billy, how about The Journey to The East by Hesse?
And Great Expectations..Miss Havisham?
turn of The Screw? by henry james
Faustuas by goethe?
Teacher student literature can fall under the manicean genre...both good and evil...too?
thats a very nice chunk of tree!
Thanks for all the nice comments!
Christine,Heather, Coyote, Mr. Anchovy, believe or not these photos don't do it justice.....It has so much presence in real life, I don't think its coming across on the blog medium.
Candy, I didn't place the stones for constellation reasons other than laying on it myself to star=gaze.
more from this point of view:
A friend of mine just sent me this. "The stone altars in Ireland are called "dolmens". The story is that
there dolmens are the bed of two lovers Diarmuid & Grainne.
Grainne was betrothed to Fionn, chief of the Celtic Warriors. But she
fell in love with Diarmuid and threatened him with 'magical
destruction' if he refused to elope with her (nice lady, eh?) They
eloped and Fionn and his warriors chased them all over Ireland.
The animals & wise women cared for them and gave them advise on how
to evade their pursuers. They could never stay in one place more than
two nights. Diarmuid built the stone shelters for his lady in each
place the slept.
In reality they were probably altars. But according to the legend
they represent a time/place when your soul awakens to what it needs
and you become like a youth, filled with passion, creativity & your
soul is free & dances with the universe."
Billy,
Its been awhile, and I have almost read everything he wrote.
What comes to mind is "The Active Side of Infinity"
Well, that is a beautiful story from the altars in Ireland...and exactly the kind of analogy I am talking about. The lovers are constellations, so are the animals in the story. We know stars don't stay in the same place every night or even two nights. That story has a counter part almost identical to a story of two mountains in Mexico. This is an excellent example of a pre-literate star chart...using emotions and characters to help memorize celestial activity. And it is common to use stones to sit or lay on....as a constant for monitoring the sky. See, you are an astronomer like our ancestors and you didn't even know it. Nope, not bells and whistles...these wonderful myths and sagas are actually math. And a roving set of good stories to to help us use our memories for survival! No coincidence many constellations are named after animals (around the world, inside and outside civilization) they often are named after animals that appear in sky for hunting schedules and appear in the season suited to hunting them.
Right on! Thats so cool.
The roots are great!
Hi Tim,
Thanks for stopping by.
Could you see painting something llike that?
It does remind me of some of your trees.
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