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| Photo by Michael Grab: Gravity Glue.com |
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| Photo by Michael Grab: Gravity Glue.com |
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| Photo by Michael Grab: Gravity Glue.com |
Looking at the work of Michael Grab, I am confronted again with the question of why do artists do what they do, how do they find their art form or does it find them?
Michael Grab makes temporal art by creating finely balanced structures of rocks that seem to go against all laws of physics. More than most art forms, these impossible looking structures require intense concentration and meditative focus, steady hands and calm breath .
Grab might spend many minutes in freezing water making tiny adjustments to find a rock's center of gravity, a therapeutic ritual that he developed in 2008.
Since then his simple curiosity about what rocks could do has evolved into a passion and daily meditative practice with his "material".
He realizes that seeing the photos or results of his efforts has a unique effect on the viewer, himself included....giving a sense of peace and miracle, a sense that anything is possible.
He says on his blog:
Gravity Glue: http://www.gravityglue.com/
that he wants to highlight the idea that "We are creators of our own reality, rather than mere recipients."
If an artist needs a reason to continue his work, I think that Grab has a profound one. Blessings on you, Michael Grab. Your stuff is cool.
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