Memory Cairns

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Originally Posted by valleyforge

Oliver,

As normally fervent supporters of 'conceptual art' we initially decided to support your project ... so we wrote you out a big cheque, wrapped it tightly around a stick ... to signify just how tight money is these days, you understand ... and buried it within a small cairn of a carefully selected variety of rocks arranged in a tall loose pile with inherent unstable equilibrium (again subtle references here to the present state of global monetary systems) ... we then tried to set fire to it, but initial resistance to ignition was met (which we interpreted as significant of nature's resistance to change) ... so an accelerant (paraffin) was used to signify just how mankind has ultimate power to defeat the ends of nature, whenever and however it suits.

As it happens, the significant donation to your project just disappeared in a wee puff of smoke ... and as for the charcoal ... well hardly enough for you to draw your own conclusions as to what we really think of your daft idea.

Sorry about that ... guess you'll just need to hold out for that arts council grant then.

Nice