Sunday, January 31, 2010

Inuksuk

This is our inuksuk, looking over the lower garden. 

For a cultural treat, Google inuksuk (s.) or inuksuit (pl.) to learn more about  the original way markers on Baffin Island.

Norman Hallendy wrote and photographed Inuksuit: Silent Messengers of the Arctic, 2000, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto and University of Washington Press, Seattle. 

3 comments:

  1. kind of reminds me of a low dolmen.

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  2. It looks like there is a reclining person under the snow, perhaps frozen dead. A bit eerie.

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  3. I saw the person too. It becomes less obvious when you look for it - but at first glance, it is there...

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