Stone is the primordial and most prevalent medium of the human race. It was the original material of habitation in caves and stone huts and the substance that gave shape to our greatest monuments and places of worship. Everyday-stone eventually gave way to the refinement and elegance of marble, and the ever-presence and durability of granite, but stone is stone and it has served humanity in all its quests including the artistic.
There are shapes and spirits in stone, there are gods and heroes and common folk and ideas and poetry in stone; it can be claimed that all that is dear and all that is feared in every aspect of the human experience begins in stone and can be expressed by variously manipulating it, carving it, shaping it, taming it, building with it, but never totally conquering it because it is more powerful and all-encompassing even than the infinite capacity of the human mind.
Stone is alive, seething with images and idols impatient to be discovered and come forth, to inform and enhance our intellect, to enrich our lives, to remind us that somewhere in the depths of our misspent lives there is a quality that is irreproachable and pure and all-powerful.
Stone is an endless source of inspiration, because its possibilities are without limit; they are eternal. Something that is carved in stone or constructed from stone will live forever; it will in some fashion, in at least some fragmentary way, survive for millennia to proclaim to all future generations of irascible, fragile, ephemeral humankind that something nobler and more permanent than our loftiest aspirations lives all around us if only we were able for a moment to forgo our petty concerns and look around us in search of the divine.
The winter solstice is upon us: it must be Xmas-time!
Have a merry one, dear friends and may you enjoy a happy, prosperous, wonderful 2012 too.
Words by Byron Ayanoglu
Photographs by Algis Kemezys © 2011
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Maybe Kerry can read?
Read in a World Atlas?
Look up`impertinent.
Rude?
At DC's National Bonsai Center THere is a Marigold (imprints) Stone valued at $250,000.
My son use to work there.
Kerry?
He has a rude`avocation.
He needs Priston 50 mg.
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and they may last one week.
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Some folk change and shift.
Pastimes become addictions.
Sex can change from pastime
To a serious rude-ill addiction.
My son collects rocks, and enjoys.
He Places the rocks on wood stands.
I am respecting your Sharing Beauty.
I had to re-turn on this computer`gin.
Thanks for your Gifts. My respects.
Kerry?
Impertinent.
H is hamartia.
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SEnd a rock?
He sit on it?
He pet rock.
I thought I saw your image in one of those faces.The fifth one from the top.
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Best wishes on this solstice.
I haven't, nor have many other people in the current era. those few that have tried have found it extremely difficult which leads to a great mystery about how they did such an enormous amount of volume and quality in ancient times. the Greeks are one of the greatest but they're almost certainly not the ones that did the greatest quality and volume. that Honer might go to the Angkor's who built Angkor Wat and many other temples in a time period that couldn't be replicated to day. In fact when they make replicas they're almost always in plaster.
Another unsolved mystery, if you ask me, or even if you don't.
Greta picture as usual.
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I have at least three on the stones (bricks) in my home!!!
Thank you and Byron for this magnificent post. Happy Solstice leading into a great 2012!
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Happy Holidays to you!
Really got a lot from this, Algis. Thank you.
ThroughMyEyes So glad you dropped by and thanks agin for those words and more. May your NY be blessed with good friends and great Cheer!
Art James ,Hey Art thanks so much. May all good things come to you and yours soon in the NY!
designanator Thanks again and again. May your NY be gangbusters!
Mary Stanik Thanks again and may the gods smile down on you and more.
RomanticPoetess Oh that is so wonderful I think I shed a tear. May your Holiday season and NY bring to you great inspiration because we love it all on this end.
greenheron ' Oh thats great. Hope we can go stone gathering one day! Heres hoping you have a great NY and more.
Spike The Chicken ' Great we both appreciate it.HNY and more.
zanelle, Thanks oh so much. I guess they had the effect I wanted. Holiday greetings and HNY to you.
Linda Seccaspina , Wonderful LS. May your Holiday season be fine and dandy. HNY too!
Miguela Holt y Roybal , Yes me too. I just decided to work in that fashion with some of the best sculpture in the world. May your NY be golden.
scanner Thanks again and yes that amazes me too. Have a great Xmas and get better with the new year.
fingerlakeswanderer, My thoughts too. Thanks and HNY to you and yours.
Jonathan Wolfman, Wonderful and Thanks. HNY and more to you.
Jersey Girl at Heart, Wow sounds like my youth when I collected oh so many stones and still have over the years. THanks again and HNY!
Linnnn, Thanks and Ditto.
Oryoki Bowl Oh Thanks so much. My thoughts indeed too. HNY to you and yours!
Erica K Oh thats interesting. Thanks again and HNY!
john blumenthal Thanks again. Really appreciate it.
Sarah Cavanaugh Thanks...Yes the magic of stone is still a wonderful mystery there and more.
zacherydtaylor Thanks. No I have never tried but I do have a few theories on how they accomplished this. It's a shame we have not kept up with this gorgeous artform. HNY !
Maureen Andrade Thanks again and HNY!
Jennifer Prestholdt Wow Great and thanks again. HNY!
ASH ... Your so good. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you.
trilogy , Thanks again and the same to you from us.
FusunA Thanks so much.I guess we are on a similar wavelength.
SheilaTGTG55 , Yes indeed it does and I am so glad you appreciated them.
Leepin Larry Your very welcome LL. Best to you this season and next.
fernsy ' Thanks so much, I hope all your troubles have cleared .
JALI 17 Thanks and I am so glad you saw these too!
Myriad, Thanks, may your travels be blessed with them.
JALI 17 Thats OK J.
VariousArtists, Thanks so much VA. May you have the same wonderful xmas and New Years.
I wooul prefer fewer images and more information about each place - but i shoot better than i document myself! Thanks
Dicky Neely Yes, that was well said and I am glad you said it. Thanks again and may your Holidays be fantastic and more.
ccdarling, Wow Thanks! No i have not seen that but will check it out when I can. Thanks again and May your Holiday memories be as solid as stone.
There is life in stone when the eye of the heart learns to see it!
Beautiful and I wish you happy holidays with all my heart and both my eyes!
Happy hollidays friend... hugs from Colombia...
I love your work
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Have a fabulous holiday!
Lezlie
Happy Holidays and all the best to you and yours.
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Beth Mann ,That is really fine to read and have here with this post. Really appreciate it. May your New Year be golden.Thanks again.
Vivian Henoch, Your spectacular for saying that. Thanks again and may your Christmas be blessed.
Tiffany Brubeck, Oh those words here are gold to me. I think you carved that one in stone too. Thanks so much and enjoy a fabulous Holiday Season.
Trudge164, Byron will really appreciate that and I thank you kindly. May the New Year bring you surprising new things into your life.
Mauricio Betancourt, Oh M. That was just superb and I am so glad you said that here. May your Holidays be esp. rewarding and then some.
Jeanette DeMain, Thanks for that marvelous responce. I am sure it is true. Best Holidays to you and more.
Susie Lindau , You will be the first to know I promise and thanks for saying that too. May your Holidays bring you unexpected pleasure in a surprising way.
Ardee, OMG that is so wonderful and indeed it would be a dream come true. I am not sure how to go about it but Your advice sounds excellent like you see the book already. Maybe your a book designer at heart. Best wishes and great things for you in the New Year.
bbd, Not only are you a great photographer but an excellent writer as well. I appreciate every word and wish you surprising and wonder things over the Holiday Season. Thanks again.
Lezlie, Well you have done a splendid job and i really appreciate your saying that. may you find a new gift for yourself in the Holiday Season that was unexpected and most pleasing.
L in the Southeast, Oh my I missed this but am so glad you dropped by and said those fine words. Your blessed and the new Year will reward you too.
Jan Sand, Oh how true and even for me. I could just explore this and more for years on end. I am glad we see things like this and that makes me so pleased having found a kindred spirit in this work. Best wishes that you have a Holiday Season that claims some part of your soul with the desired knowledge you have been looking for.
grif - Your beautiful for that and deserve a beautiful Holiday Season and more..Thanks!
Cranky Cuss, Yes I found making these very Haunting and am going to continue doing so now that I am getting a better grip on this idea. Heres to you and yours on this Holiday Season. May you live long and prosper.
David McClain ,I sure will now that you said that wonderful statement. ùI hope you have an excellent and prosperous Holiday Season and New Year!
Lisa Kern, Thanks so much. I wish you the best over the holidays and something special for the New Year too!
Scylla the rock, I am so glad you visited because that really rocks me. May you find a treasure of great surprise in the New Year too.
Bellwether Vance, Well I changed the header just for you then. May you get a good one and one that allows you all the clarity you need .
Thanks again for THAT. Cheers and HNY!
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Anne Cameron Cutri, Oh that is just marvelous..Thanks again and may you have a great 2012.
Witchywmn, it is my great pleasure. So glad you enjoyed this. Cheers!
The art of photographing
Your lovely text to go along with it
Third:Opening the perspective to the divine;eternity;offering hope and peace to the somewhat lost human race.
Your attitude is needed to help make the turn possible.
Thank you so much.
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On second thought:
You could writ a text for meditation,either on one subject oron divers topics.
Image # 11 looks like Imp 1. :)
Heidi Banerjee, Your also an angel of divine magnitude.THANKS!
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Thank you thank you so much for these views of a land I've never seen, for views of sculpture from artists I'll never meet, for sharing in your wanderings...the ancient art is just my favorite. Visible reminders, clues, to who we actually are if we'd just wake up.
If/when I am wealthier, I will travel all over in search of the ancient arts and stand in front of them in awe as I am doing now in front of your eyes' views of these amazing places.
I wonder, did the artists themselves ever chisel and sculpt with centuries in mind? With future humanity in mind?
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Heidi Banerjee, Thanks again. I wish I could write something like that but unfortunately my writing skills are rather weak...but maybe one day!
V.Corso, I am breathless over that one.Thanks so much!
Blacklilly89, As are you for saying that.Thanks for dropping bye.
Lunchlady 2, I guess building those sculptures lead to this in a small way. What you say is really what I was hoping would happen but did not know until I read this. Thanks again!
Just Thinking... You know, I think the artists had an ability to turn this stone into manageable form, making it soft and easy to carve by introducing a vibrational harmonic. Then upon stopping the sound, vibration frequency it would resolidify.Just one of my wigged out theories. So glad you got around to see this and comment. Thanks again!
Donegal Descendant, That is the best statement ever and if I have permission I would love to use that. I wish now you had continued because what you say, upon reading it, has me saying Yes ,yes, YES. yeS yEs. Thanks a million!
Chicken Màâàn, Oh your marvelous and then some. Thanks so very much.
Tinkerertink69 That is simple and so much what I wanted to do. it just took me awhile getting my technique together to make these this way. Thanks again ....
Harry's Ghost, I think maybe I was because when I was a baby my mother said all I did was cry and play with stones. She said I cried so much she called me Elvis not Algis.
Margaret Feike, Another very fine statement and yes what You say is also what I felt. I hope I can use that statement too someplace some where as I would like to use everyones here. Thanks so much for this!
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I also think a vibrational harmonic is the true purpose of Stonehenge. Healing the human form. I think that is why Methuselah lived to a thousand or whatever it was...it is just ridiculous when the ancients were declared primitives.
That would be us, I say.
PS -- They thought Copernicus was wigged out too : )
Witchywmn, Thanks again and I hope this really gets published.
dunniteowl, Thanks so much I really appreciate that. Cheers!
Just Thinking..Your so good. Will you be my Valentine? Thanks again...