Future Relic No. 14

Recently, I needed to enlarge a drainage channel near my house. The job was done with river rock, smooth stones that can be laid out to resemble a natural stream bed. I began to work with the extra stones, to make spirals and other shapes in my garden.

While working and considering the permanence of stone, I thought about the ephemerality of the modern world. Trails of existence, written in light. Our documents, our photos, so subject to error, so likely to vanish. I brought some of the stones into my studio and carved into them these symbols of temporary modernity. In social media, three dots usually mean "click here for further information." I thought about some future archaeologist sifting through our rubble and findng one of these carved stones, long such symbols and the reasons for them have ceased to exist.

This symbol, three dots, usually means you should click there for more options.