Ann sussman has an incredible interview where she says that people value heavy things.
Importance in weight.
She uses the examples of churches on heavy hills – or a £3000 oak table to hold 6 iPhones.
I think of the symbolism of stones. Placing a Craig atop a Ben is one of the our first expressions as a species. The symbol making species.
After all man was a symbol making animal before he was ever a tool making animal.
But the human propensity to value weight has long been embedded in our symbolic expression of the stone.
I think also of sturdy bases. A tree in the savannah with a brittle trunk will waver our safety. An oak – or duír – with its weighty stable base, represented stability strength and resilience in the Celtic ohgam.