Many, many stories to be told. Recently I read a post on Ken Johnston's blog about a gentleman who has been studying these kind of stones for the last 50 years!
A couple of weeks ago, I picked this stone, attracted by the unusual shape and thinking that the rounded part had been faceted. On closer examination, it appeared to be a fossil. Then a fossil that looked like a turtle. Then a turtle being eaten by an animal. Then a smaller animal on top of the bigger animal. Then maybe some kind of whale or big fish on the other side...?
How amazing is that?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
A sense of duty
I was just wondering why I keep posting. It must be because of a sense of duty. The duty to share what one finds. Is that what it is ?
For the third time, I cleaned my studio of stones. Too many. Overwhelming. I caught and released them in nature sending them with good wishes. I kept a number of trays, a collection of what I consider the best examples of tools and figure stones.
I became frustrated feeling like I was in kindergarten learning a new language. That somewhere I was missing the ability to understand, that logic and intuition were not enough, that maybe a sense was missing.
For a while, I gave myself the instruction :" No more stones inside the house! Just look !". This lasted for a couple of months.
But now they are back!
Ah! if it was not for those beaks....
It it was not for those faces....
For the third time, I cleaned my studio of stones. Too many. Overwhelming. I caught and released them in nature sending them with good wishes. I kept a number of trays, a collection of what I consider the best examples of tools and figure stones.
I became frustrated feeling like I was in kindergarten learning a new language. That somewhere I was missing the ability to understand, that logic and intuition were not enough, that maybe a sense was missing.
For a while, I gave myself the instruction :" No more stones inside the house! Just look !". This lasted for a couple of months.
But now they are back!
Ah! if it was not for those beaks....
It it was not for those faces....
Saturday, May 18, 2013
3 of a kind
This is in response to Ken Johnston's latest post and comment on the rarity of repetitions of shapes in rocks.
http://www.portablerockart.blogspot.com/2013/05/certainly-not-habit-of-nature.html
As I was sorting out a tray of cherts, those three shapes stood out.
http://www.portablerockart.blogspot.com/2013/05/certainly-not-habit-of-nature.html
As I was sorting out a tray of cherts, those three shapes stood out.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A rugged bunch
How can you explain something you do not understand? you can't.
These look like nothing much. What? a bunch of chert pieces, nothing more.
These look like nothing much. What? a bunch of chert pieces, nothing more.
(These were mixed with the other stones shown before.)
And yet...among those, I found this beautiful profile...
More on this one and others later.
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