EC Container 4
pebbles
22/10/09 06:54
pebbles - collecting - people have collected pebbles for years, tokens, memories, museums, patina, the holding of a pebble in the hand, lucky charm, a stone to play with, to hang about the neck - rosary.
I was on an archeological gig around standing stones in Pembroke, talking to an archeologist who had found a pebble that, due to it’s geology, must have come from Cornwall. Something or someone must have picked this pebble up at some point, and carried it from Cornwall to Pembroke. As this was an ancient site, we mused on the possibility of it being an ancient person who had treasured this stone.
Like magpies, we have collections of precious stones, picked up from beaches on holidays.
For a while, when my child daughter found sleeping difficult, a wise one gave her a sleeping stone to put under her pillow at night, to ‘worry’ in her pocket during the day.
We give objects an energy and a meaning.
I was on an archeological gig around standing stones in Pembroke, talking to an archeologist who had found a pebble that, due to it’s geology, must have come from Cornwall. Something or someone must have picked this pebble up at some point, and carried it from Cornwall to Pembroke. As this was an ancient site, we mused on the possibility of it being an ancient person who had treasured this stone.
Like magpies, we have collections of precious stones, picked up from beaches on holidays.
For a while, when my child daughter found sleeping difficult, a wise one gave her a sleeping stone to put under her pillow at night, to ‘worry’ in her pocket during the day.
We give objects an energy and a meaning.
EC Container 5