In the beginning I wanted to start rock balancing as a way to connect with nature. Then sharing the joy of rock balancing with on lookers and friends became quite intriquing. Everyone has their own vision when they see the rocks balanced, from disbelief to inspiration. A lot of the time, people are really drawn into the rock art and ask questions and want to try it out for themselves. What's neat about rock art is that it can reach so many different people on different levels of skill and age, and connects us together as people as well as to the earth.
This is a practice that I have been doing for 2 years now, and find that it is a great stress relief, by the extreme focus that it takes to balance rocks makes the rest of the world disappear into a single focal point, where the mind, body and spirit are connect as one. For me, I am able to let go of many of thoughts and stored energy that I need to let go of, and not the rock of course!
Through rock balancing I have met so many wonderful people, and each tell me a different story about the sceen before them and how they feel about the rocks. Some have a quick inspiration and other prefer to stay as on lookers, in any event, it captivates that hearts and minds of many.
Please share your stories and pictures of your experience with rock balancing. Also, see our pictures in the gallery for the toronto photo gallery club.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
More photos from April 24th
The following is a selection of our rock balancing art from April 24th 2011.
April 23rd and 24th Rock Balancing at Toronto Beaches
The following is a selection of rock balancing sculptures we made on April 23rd and 24th at Toronto Beaches. Each night the wind / tide knocks the rocks down and we have to start afresh the next morning.
Sometimes teenagers or the Toronto Parks Dept. knocks the rocks down, but it doesn't matter. Just means we get to be more creative the next day.
To get to Toronto Beaches, take the subway to Main Street station, take one of the buses going south to Queen Street East. Then walk south to the beach. Voila!
As you can see it was rather rainy and overcast that weekend. Well, at least it wasn't blistering hot.
This one took two of us to put up.
In the above photo Aimee admires our work.
Sometimes teenagers or the Toronto Parks Dept. knocks the rocks down, but it doesn't matter. Just means we get to be more creative the next day.
To get to Toronto Beaches, take the subway to Main Street station, take one of the buses going south to Queen Street East. Then walk south to the beach. Voila!
As you can see it was rather rainy and overcast that weekend. Well, at least it wasn't blistering hot.
This one took two of us to put up.
In the above photo Aimee admires our work.
April 30th, encounters with rock balancers
By Aimee Rimes
Yesterday we met Avaiz Hashmi down on the Toronto Beaches while we were balancing rocks.
We're hoping he will join our blog.
While he was balancing rocks a man and his son also ended up helping Avaiz. It seems that whenever someone sees people balancing rocks they are 2 things:
#1. They are amazed and/or think we used superglue.
#2. They want to try it themselves. The more childlike they are the more likely they seem to want to try it themselves.
Yesterday we had two men squabbling over the best way to balance a set of rocks we let them knock over in an attempt to beat what we had balanced. It was amusing to watch their efforts. They probably learned a fair bit however.
We believe that anyone can learn how to balance rocks, it just takes patience as one kid kept repeating yesterday.
:)
Yesterday we met Avaiz Hashmi down on the Toronto Beaches while we were balancing rocks.
We're hoping he will join our blog.
While he was balancing rocks a man and his son also ended up helping Avaiz. It seems that whenever someone sees people balancing rocks they are 2 things:
#1. They are amazed and/or think we used superglue.
#2. They want to try it themselves. The more childlike they are the more likely they seem to want to try it themselves.
Yesterday we had two men squabbling over the best way to balance a set of rocks we let them knock over in an attempt to beat what we had balanced. It was amusing to watch their efforts. They probably learned a fair bit however.
We believe that anyone can learn how to balance rocks, it just takes patience as one kid kept repeating yesterday.
:)
In the beginning there was rocks...
In the beginning there was rocks...They were just lying there on the beach.
And then along came Aimee Rimes and she decided these rocks looked lonely just lying half covered in sand.
So she picked one up and moved it.
And then another.
And then she stacked them.
Pretty soon she was balancing the rocks one on top of another.
Sometimes the balancing rocks looked pretty bizarre.
She kept doing this regularly, mostly on weekends.
Aimee keeps fussing about wanting to be called by her nicknames like Littlefeather, Rainmaker, Amy Motion and Amy Rockstein. Seriously, the girl can't think of a good name to call herself. Suggestions anyone?
She started this on July 2009. Since then she has met other artists (including Charles Moffat, who setup this wonderful blog and is writing this) who joined her rock balancing group.Aimee wants to use her rock balancing art to promote peace and understanding. Environmental issues are good too.
If you want to donate we will be setting up a PayPal account for donations.
In the meantime, please enjoy the rock balancing art we have displayed here.
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