On getting out of the car the other day at a favourite sitting and thinking spot beside the Atlantic ocean and a LIGHTHOUSE . .
I was completely shocked to see the beloved rocks covered with hundreds of these man made . . .I forget what they are called . . .please someone send me the word . . .they are Eskimo
folklore objects left to let them know that man had been here and to follow on this route and they would find what they were looking for . .
NATURES stones here on this piece of precious coast are to me extremely beautiful . . .At first I was angry . . .
but on looking harder I found that I had to feel happy for the folks who created something that day . . . . their sense of joy at the shapes they made with all the stones found here . . .
but . . .I am still stuck wishing that nature was enough for them to look at . . .WHY do humans have to label every place on earth with- if not their garbage then something they think is better than nature?
I could take them all down but there are hundreds of them . . .so I just took a couple of photos . . .
no I did not leave my own mark . . . .
I went to another area of the island . . .and happily I was relieved that it has not been touched (yet) . . . .
perhaps I am just getting cranky . . .am I the only one who prefers to LOOK at untouched by humans nature?
THANK YOU Anonymous for the information!I guess I better leave them there !
They are called
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They are called inukshuk
ReplyDeleteI believe we also call them cairns. I have seen them used by hikers to mark trails in our mountains in Northern New Mexico. I love that someone sees the art in nature; we also find them frequently along the rocks here at the beach near San Diego.
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