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moss M
moss Jun 17, 2009 11:56:17
Replying to StoneGloves

StoneGloves wrote:
There's so much vitriol in this thread and it has become what I expect. I suppose I must feel the need to be ridiculed and excluded and so on. Nobody can make work on such a large scale as these temporary monuments without leaving dirty great footprints. It's impossible.
Yes, you're quite right Mr S.

I would just say that the one and only time I've been into a crop circle was when I went into one of the large ones that appeared on Windmill Hill earlier this century. The sheer size of the thing was impressive by any standards! There was absolutely no way of knowing what it looked like from ground-level - and the precision of its design was only apparent when viewed from the air.

As I say, impressive by any standards, and I'd go as far as to say an art form if nothing else (in fact not unlike the transient creations of Tibetan sand mandalas).

J jimit
jimit Jun 17, 2009 12:44:49
Replying to moss

In the Daily Star (pub paper, honest) yesterday, there was a pic of a CS near Devizes representing a Phoenix. A CS "enthusiast" tied it in with the world rising from the ashes after the armageddon in December 2012. Don't go there!!!
Jim.
(Can't find a web link)

S StoneGloves
StoneGloves Jun 17, 2009 13:57:39
Replying to moss

Thanks

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jun 17, 2009 17:13:23
Replying to moss

As I say, impressive by any standards, and I'd go as far as to say an art form if nothing else (in fact not unlike the transient creations of Tibetan sand mandalas).
An interesting idea (there are also the butter, sand and ice sculptures that fall into the same category of transient art). Putting aside the arguments of who dunnit, how and at what cost, the better circles certainly fall into the category of a transient art form (if nothing else). And if a graffiti artist (by definition someone who defaces other people's property) can have their work recognised as an art form (and have it elevated to municipal status) I see no reason why the creators of crop circles (the better ones) shouldn't be afforded the same distinction.

There's something very unselfish about transient art - time spent on creating something that the (often anonymous) creator knows will last only a few days... or even only a few hours.