Creativity Bootcamp Day 3

Creativity Bootcamp Day 3
This is another day full of work and not feeling quite up to par with a tension headache. Sleeping "wrong" left me with a crick in my neck that went up into my head. I hate it when that happens. As a result, I looked for an easy way to accomplish the goal for day 3. The theme is "multi-layered." Still thinking along the lines of food, lasagna came to mind. Usually, I'll make up a quicky from leftover spaghetti, otherwise using the expected ingredients. Definitely layers. I served up spaghetti for lunch, but I guess we were all hungry, because there just wasn't enough left to think about lasagna.

Thinking cap on again, mu thoughts traveled in another direction. Memories of a screen saver I used a few computers back spoke to me and a flood of images told me what to do. Simply rocks! The first time I ever knew anyting about stacking rocks was during a knitting KAL on Ravelry. The pattern is on by Jane Thornley, called Culture Fushion Wrap. Based on a favorite place we have been , I chose China, and was searching the web for ancient temples in Asia. What I found, not Chinese at all, but Korean, was primally beautiful.
Enthralled by the colors and majesty of the temple and these stacks, I was smitten with a desire to know more about the simple act of stacking rock upon rock. A modern day marvel of stacking expertise is Bill Dan, of Sausilito, California. His website has more about the ancient Buddhist monk who created those pagodas at Tapsa temple, and a wonderful exploration of his own work and also that of his many followers.
My own simple stack is made with rocks that I brought years ago from the family "cabin" in Pennsylvania. I brought a box full to build a small indoor fountain. I had disassembled it recently when I performed my annual "hosing down of the porch" to get rid of the pollen. So, I recycled a few for this photo. This stack is posed at my favorite photo spot (always good lighting) atop a hypertufa (another story here!) ball in my yard.