“The World Navel is the symbol of the continuous creation: the mystery of the maintenance of the world through the continuous miracle of vivification which wells within all things.”-Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, p.41
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| Small hole 16" deep in the floor of hole #1 |
DAY 6: Low 70’s, crisp, and dry. blue sky with puffy cumulus
clouds.
Phase Two of the hole project
began today in near perfect weather.
With a post hole digger and some doubts about my upper body strength in
wielding this heavy tool, I began digging a small shaft in the floor of the
larger hole-16 “ excavated today. Joseph Campbell would call this the “Navel of
the World”. (It does look a little like a belly button at this point.)
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| Hole2 inside Hole1-16"deep at this point |
Mythologically speaking the Navel of the World is the circular spot in many
epic tales where the energies of eternity break into time. It is the symbol of
the continuous creation of life. And speaking of life, I’m feeling pretty
lively today–not as exhausted as earlier in the week.
Post Hole Digger Dance: Lift, thrust, squeeze, lift, swivel, release. Over and
over. I had a rhythm going until I hit quartz rocks...lots of them. I broke
some of them up by jabbing straight down on them with the post hole digger. I
turned into a slow moving jack hammer. I stopped today when I encountered a second layer of
quartz. I need a new tool. I cannot kneel in the bigger hole to reach down with
my trowel and pry out the stones. The ring of floor around the second hole is
too tight. Other sculptors (stone carvers) occasionally come by the hole to see
how I’m doing, and give me advice. They say the Carving Studio has a crow
bar-like tool that’s long and skinny with a curved end. Sounds perfect for
maneuvering inside this narrow shaft. I have to wait until Monday when
Jonathan, the Studio Manager can find it for me.
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| St.Bridget's Roman Catholic Church-West Rutland |
That’s it, dear readers for Day 6.
I drove around tiny West Rutland after today’s dig. I love St. Bridget’s RC
Church at the top of a hill, all clad in white marble blocks–the most plentiful building material
around. That’s Etta James in the second picture standing at the locked church
door.
I close today with two playful drawings of
water holes:
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| Holes on the beach and in the sea–top and side views |
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| Waterfall and River Holes with small red boat |
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