Re: Rocks- rock on!/ Suiseki
At 08:04 AM 11/13/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello Anelle & Others,
> Who responded with web sites to learn more about Suiseki. Quite
interesting.
>Somehow I doubt there is a human being alive who did not pick up
"interesting"
>stones as a child and treasure them.... some of still do, I suppose. Perhaps
>finding the universe, or a certain aspect of wonder and awe, in a stone is
>child-like in behavior... and if we are lucky some of that remains with us
into
>adulthood.
> I know I am about to get in trouble here, but.... I find that many
religions
>see dogma wrapped in rock, while individual gardeners can find spirit in
stone.
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> around the woods - around the world
>genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
I picked up a stone from the North Fork of the Boise River (not very easy
to get to) years ago. It's been tumbled into roundness, but its history is
there at a glance: It was granite, fractured, and infused with white quartz
in a band, about one and a half inches wide. The violence inherent in the
makeup of that stone contrasts nicely with the peace and beauty of my
columbines. I love my rocks. Margaret L
