Jim Needham's Balancing Rocks.

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, World Records on December 21, 2005 at 12:48 pm


Jim Needham of Carmel, California, is a master rock stacker.

As he places a heavy boulder on top of the rocks that are stacked, all the rocks begin shifting under the added weight. Suddenly, there is this fluid dance where all the rocks are shifting, rolling, moving, and adjusting. It looks very snake like as it is fluid in motion. Needham uses his knees, his body, his shoulders and chin to settle the rocks down as he is listening intently for that still point of perfect balance. All at once, all motion stops, the rocks are still, perfectly, sacredly, silently motionless, and still. It is a deafening moment of silence.

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3 comments to "Jim Needham's Balancing Rocks."

  1. Nina
    December 21st, 2005 at 3:58 pm

    Wow he must have alot of patience. Can you imagine how many times his stack of rocks have fallen over? It would drive me insane.

  2. Jim
    April 22nd, 2006 at 6:27 am

    Actually, they rarely fall while I am in the process of making them. Exceptions being the rule, there have been specific pieces which have required a long period of focus, sometimes hours. The truth is that I focus on 'not allowing them to fall' resorting to begging the stones when necessary. Given my preferred size of stone, large or larger, I just couldn't continue if they fell.

    Having said that all of my pieces fall at some point, many waiting years for that brief moment of freedom before settling into the dirt.

  3. aspiration. » Balancing Point.
    August 27th, 2006 at 4:12 pm

    [...] Previously on Neatorama: Jim Needham’s Balancing Rocks, See also: Team Sandtastic’s Professional Rock Stacking & Balancing [...]


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