5 years ago on new year’s, i buried a stone under a tree that grew near the lake.
i had just moved to germany and was missing the feeling of being grounded.
since then, whenever i feel that need, i think of that rock under the tree, near the lake, under the ground, covered with earth, beneath the grass with tiny frost crystals in the mornings.
Lakota Sioux Creation Story - World History Encyclopedia
In the story where Wakan Tanka creates the world directly, nothing exists but darkness (described as "the Black of Darkness"), an aspect of Wakan Tanka known as Han. Wakan Tanka sent his spirit to inhabit a place within Han, and this became Inyan (Rock) and so rock existed within endless darkness.
the stone that fits neatly into the palm of the hand
Adjusting our senses to geological timescales, we pass through a desert where rocks behave like fluids.
placing stones into the stream of time
placing stones into the stream of time, marking moments with meaning
stones as tools to make better tools
ln their portrait of the human becoming human, found stones were used as hand tools to make a better hand tool.
What is a self, and how can a self come out of stuff that is as selfless as a stone or a puddle?
“DONT BE A HARD ROCK WHEN YOU REALLY ARE A GEM”
