Rock balancing class, plus Tito.

[urbpan]

Tito and I are here to present pictures from the rock balancing class I attended last Wednesday.


The class was taught by Lila, aka rockbalancer, and this is the balance she did, in between helping the students.


One student produced this impressive stack.


These hefty stones were balanced by Lila's SO, Justin.


Here's some of my own balancing.


While most of the class used this wall to make their balances.

And here's a video showing those same balances.

Comments

[anais2.livejournal.com]

This seems like an excellent centering exercise. Are there any tips for selecting stones, or balancing, or is it an instinctive activity?
Wish I lived closer!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I'm no expert, but I took to it intuitively. Once it was demonstrated to me to be possible, I set about doing it. While it looks like you're setting the stone on a point, you're actually finding three points and setting the stone on its own tripod. Friction between the stones keeps them standing. The stones we used for the class were collected more or less randomly from a pile of rocks removed from the crop fields. Some "feel" better than others, due to their degree of lumpiness, distribution of weight, and so on.

Theres a rock I balance at work, in the same place, every day. If I'm centered, I can balance it right away, if not, I can't do it at all. It's a way I check in with myself.

[anais2.livejournal.com]

Cool! That sounds like something I have to try right away. Stay tuned...