University of Washington

Cairns, ahus, stone stacking, rock balancing, inuksuk (also spelled "inukshuk") creating stacked rock temples, natural markers of beauty using the primary found object - rock, stone or pebbles, etc. Similar to Japanese Ishidoro stone monuments, such as Gorinto, and Hokyo-into this set is in celebration of the lovely mature Cherry Tree Colonnade at the University of Washington, in a procession from the twin Art and Music buildings. These have a commonly included feature of space, distance and time -- structures such as relationships shown marked out by the concrete grid, which brings us to the topic of human interactions. Interactions with nature, with each other, and with ourselves.

Photo by Wonderlane. Used under Creative Commons