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They HAVE changed.  the Rocks.  this year, so easy to really see.  the action of Wind, the friction of Sand.  the Exposure to Sun.  they are very different.  and it's not just that i hadn't noticed for a while.  i always notice the rocks in this season.  it's that there has been significant change.   and to think that this is something Out of the Ordinary, i think is incorrect.  i think it's how it is when the Elements 

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the Planet.  including Us.  We are not static and permanent as we are in any moment.  we Change.  sometimes it seems that the change is accelerated.  it might be.  or not.  maybe our awareness is more acute?

the rock in the last photograph now can hold water.  i love this.  how…., unseen by me, something…a spider, a lizard, a wasp could come there and drink.

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  1. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    The colors and textures are deeply satisfying. To me, a sign that something is organically ripe!

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  2. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    Ahhh, such beautiful landscapes. 2nd pic, a fusion of bone and rock. Nothing compares to Mother Nature. Thankyou grace. oxo

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  3. Judith in N. Calif. Avatar
    Judith in N. Calif.

    Ohhhh, I’m loving those photos…yummy especially the first one…ancient, ancient, ancient….come to momma !

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  4. patricia Avatar
    patricia

    amazing images here. i thought the first pic was cloth at first and then the second one. a skull now. providing sustenance. a reminder of many things. many things.

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  5. saskia Avatar
    saskia

    both stone, I thought the top one was cloth as well until I clicked on it and it came up large, then it reminded me of bacon…and then no 2 looking like a skull, offering water, yes I can almost see the tiny animals sipping

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  6. Coppercreekers Avatar
    Coppercreekers

    these are amazing. so beautiful.

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  7. Valerianna Avatar
    Valerianna

    The first stone looks like a dyed cloth – with those quartz intrusions like string – or so I thought it was when I first looked. Love that stone that holds water. I have one of those in my garden, just one hole to hold water for thirsty dragonflies as they hunt the pesky mosquitoes.
    I’m laying a stone patio this week and, so, have been handling and appreciating a LOT of stone. I’m glad to be done moving it… that and the 500lbs of sand I moved have pooped me out a bit! And I have been digging around in my neighbor’s stone pit, reveling in the beauty of Earth and Stone.

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  8. jude Avatar
    jude

    that miniature oasis, i love it.

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  9. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    the bones of the earth

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  10. helen lee Avatar
    helen lee

    I thought the first one was cloth….beautiful as both cloth and rock….and that sweet little watering hole…oh oh oh.
    I spent yesterday searching out old photos, to find a nest of baby spiders from 2005, and two videos of a mama spider weaving her web..from 2007. I have put them on my blog for you. She was not fast in her weaving, and you only get to see one little part clearly…but, watching her was such a joy.
    We HAVE been feeling static here in recent years, and it is not a comfortable feeling. I agree, we are by nature dynamic, so by the Spring we are hoping to take a leap to get things moving again.
    I hope this comment takes….our computer is playing up and has eaten the three I’ve tried to leave here the last three days.
    Much love to you and the goats…and the sky and the rocks. x

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  11. grace Avatar
    grace

    BUZZ!, yes…it took. and THANK YOU so much for heads up
    about your post…it is just so validating…that we SEE
    and LOVE no matter where on the planet we are…and i need to
    go back and say something about the mass of babies…you
    are SO lucky….i’ve never seen an egg case hatch…what
    i wouldn’t give….
    so…to your SPRING coming!…!!!!
    i am going out now to sit with the Goats and will tell them
    about your spiders, your wine, your essences, YOU. will
    tell them that Buzz sends love….

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  12. grace Avatar
    grace

    organically ripe.
    these rocks…i look at them, thinking of a time when they
    would have been part of a GREAT whole and then something
    happened. maybe many somethings happened and they became
    their selves as they are here today…the size of soccer
    balls, grapefruits. the rest of their Parts elsewhere.
    so many passages this planet Earth has experienced. it’s
    amazing that their lines are so straight!??? how could this be?

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  13. grace Avatar
    grace

    i would love to see Your rocks, margaret…..

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  14. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes…you would love them…i can’t wait till you visit
    your Quarry.
    and aren’t they so
    alive? somehow….Alive?

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  15. grace Avatar
    grace

    i wish the first WAS cloth…what i wouldn’t give for that…
    who knows. maybe some day.

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  16. grace Avatar
    grace

    sipping. and i know they do.
    the first…a beautifully marbled Roast. meat. interesting, isn’t it, meat. the Body of Earth.

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  17. grace Avatar
    grace

    oh…so happy to see you here…

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  18. grace Avatar
    grace

    you will Post about your work soon, Yes? i look forward
    to seeing. and pooped yes, but what total satisfaction.
    a neighbor’s stone pit…ahhhh.
    these i brought from all over New Mexico. but mostly from
    near Caballo lake…that’s not spelled right…over
    some years. although a few are from Michigan. near Lake
    Superior.

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  19. grace Avatar
    grace

    where did the response go?…it was LOOONG…but i see
    my Self living there…
    would I?
    could it be so simple?
    i used to say YES!…no hesitation.
    can i still say that?

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  20. grace Avatar
    grace

    the Body.

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  21. Judith in N. Calif. Avatar
    Judith in N. Calif.

    Oh yes, alive…as with all, if we quietly listen…they tell their stories…with every emotion possible. And that’s why I love cloth…to transmit the heard secrets onto it into a visual expression.

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  22. kaite Avatar
    kaite

    hi grace, i just popped in to have a drink of rock nectar. it tastes fresh.

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  23. grace Avatar
    grace

    it’s been a long loooooong time. but back in the day,
    i was taught to sit. as in SIT. and hold a rock, a stone.
    till empty of Self. SIT. and wait.
    as long as it took.
    sooner or later, a visual image would occur, to the inner
    eye. the eye of the Mind/Heart. and then, a story.
    the one who taught me this calls them Vision Stories.
    the work you are doing now…it is This.

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  24. grace Avatar
    grace

    yes. they ReMind.

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  25. grace Avatar
    grace

    OH!!! Kaite!!!!! it was YOU???!!!
    i saw a flash and thought ….Who? What? aha!
    it was You!!!!
    so glad it was there for you….waiting…….

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  26. mimmin Avatar
    mimmin

    i also saw cloth in the first picture, gently crumpled then smoothed out again x

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  27. grace Avatar
    grace

    here it is a year later and i’m looking at it again, and it has
    changed again. softer even yet.

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