STONE BALANCING – the impossible
Stone balancing is an ancient and millenary art in which stones are joined on top of one another in a stunning statuary structure. It leads to the balance of contrasting forces having different weights and opposed to each other.
with this discipline, you can turn a pile of stones into a piece of art
the stones join together in an absurd and disconnected way
it seems impossible
visually speaking, the message crossing the brain of who watches stone balancing is the following:
it is crazy
but possible
the impossible loses value and becomes possible
let’s think about the impossibility of doing something
of managing something
of overcoming something
and, at the same time, let’s also think that after all, it is possible
after all, perhaps, we have already made it possible
or we do know how to make it possible
with calm and inner peace, with slow and managed movements
at the same time, when we see a pile of stones joined on top of one another, we also think of something that is likely to be very heavy
urgent
but instead, it seems to be light and elegant
a pile of giant stones balancing on a small angle and rising easily
the truth is that all this enormous weight scatters into the forces of the universe
stone balancing is related to those things that are hard to deal with
hard to fix
hard to rebalance
it is also a concept that makes us understand how to balance these forces
the ability to sort things out
the ability that we may be aware of having, or perhaps it’s what we’re looking for…
the piles of stones also want to tell us something else
in the hiking paths of our mountains
but also in the spiritual ones, such as the Camino de Santiago
or in the treasure hunts…
the piles of stones are a signal
a guidance
a safe point of arrival
because somebody else already passed from there and, by adding another stone to the pile, they want to show you the way and tell you that they’re safe
they want to tell you that “so far so good”
they want to tell you that they achieved another milestone
they want you to know that you are safe, with a safe guidance by your side
with love, but always irreverent
