After watching Balancer sunjye building rock towers in Canada, Pat Denino writes that she "picked up two small ones", wondering if she could balance them in her hands. The photo to the left shows the result that day, but not the balances that have followed after returning back home to Ohio. She invites friends to balance in her yard, and offers a Reflection (excerpted here with permission from her essay, The Point of Balance) on the relationship between balancing rocks and balancing cultures. Further writings (and a few photos of sunjye's work) reflecting her search for balance are found on her blog, Wandering Wonderings
An emailed link from his brother showing Bill Dan's work prompted F. Brian Andrews to begin rock stacking/balancing. A career firefighter in the Sierra foothills of California, he has travelled to other parts of the state for more rock and stone to work with -- to good result, as his Photobucket online galleries show. Brian often names his creations, and is aware that while he may be relieving stress, he is also intentionally creating art which he enjoys sharing. "The rock stacks are a reflection of what each person holds inside," he was quoted as saying by a local newspaper. The evocative image shown here is entitled "for the fallen... 9/11/2001".
May Lyn writes from London, "I came across your site a few months back and as soon as I had the opportunity to get myself near some rocks I had to try it out." And, judging from the image she sent on the left, she had success! She describes it as "a product of earnest patience and good intentions," and explains that the photo was "taken at Clovelly, North Devon, England on Easter Sunday this year." A great start; hopefully more will follow.
Encountering balanced rock sculpture along English Bay in Vancouver, John Knight was "mesmerized" by what he saw. He writes in an email, "I found myself camping that summer near a dried out riverbed and the next four or five hours flew by as I tried to replicate what I had seen earlier. When that first rock 'stuck' I was hooked. Since that time, the dry riverbeds just weren't popping up in my life enough, so I obtained my own rocks from a construction site, for the backyard, and have been posting my progress on rockitoomee.blogspot.com." He has contributed a Reflection for this site.
