{"id":523,"date":"2014-08-19T20:41:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T00:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2024-01-20T15:29:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T19:29:54","slug":"prehistory-time-space-or-how-i-feel-connected-to-prehistory-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/?p=523","title":{"rendered":"Prehistory, Time &#038; Space and\/or How I Feel Connected to the Past and the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a weeks break between our return from Scotland at the end of June, we were in the Tyler studio all week to complete our projects. I love it when a plan comes together and it was refreshing to be able to just stay in the studio all day without the distraction of other classes. <\/p>\n<p>I feel like the construction of my piece progressed according to the plan I made in Scotland. At some point, I would like to expand the piece with an additional ring or two if possible.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/silvergoldberry\/14788152510\/player\/\" width=\"367\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nI actually had more of an issue wrangling with the laser cutter for the stand than the metal and I had an idea of having the stand rock back and forth to create movement of the rotating rings, but that really fell flat.<br \/>\nThe piece is about the passage of time and the persistence of the prehistoric structures I experienced. The lat\/lon of several of these places are etched onto the rotating rings which also depict gears as if in a watch movement. The center ring is set with a small stone I collected from the henge around Avebury. The stand is laser engraved and cut acrylic depicting four of the sites as intersecting planes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stonecircle-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stonecircle-1-of-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Prehistory\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-639\" srcset=\"http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stonecircle-1-of-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/silvergoldberry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/stonecircle-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Each time I visit a prehistoric site, from the temples of Malta, the circles of Avebury and Stonehenge and even the brochs at Glen Elg, I am struck by an overwhelming connection with the humanity of the people who went to such efforts to build these structures. Impressive structures that have lasted thousands of years.  I find myself saying \u201cHumans did this. Humans built this. People just like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s my long association with the construction of the stone circle at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4qf.org\/land-stone-circle\/the-land-of-four-quarters\" title=\"The Stone Circle at Four Quarters Farm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Four Quarters Farm<\/a> that strikes me so strongly. I\u2019ve been visiting there and participating in the annual Stones Rising on and off since 1997. It\u2019s a spiritual home for me in many ways and I identify those who join me there as my tribe. This coming Labor Day, 2014 is the twentieth year of raising stones. I plan to be there, stand in the circle and help raise the stones again. <\/p>\n<p>Even though the circle at Four Quarters will probably not be complete for another ten or fifteen years, this is a task worth doing. We are building something as a community, something that will stand for a long time. It will stand long after our names are forgotten. I feel a strong connection with those now nameless people who built the ancient sites that have moved me. I also feel a connection with generations not yet born who will stand in the circle. I feel optimism that they will echo my feelings. \u201cHumans built this. People just like me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a weeks break between our return from Scotland at the end of June, we were in the Tyler studio all week to complete our projects. I love it when a plan comes together and it was refreshing to be able to just stay in the studio all day without the distraction of other classes. 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