Artist Michael Grab is a master of rock balancing
– he can pile them up in all sorts of gravity-
defying formations, and believe it or not, there’s
no glue involved.
Michael calls his art a ‘contemplative stone
arrangement’ that involves ‘patience, adaptation,
slow-breathing, steady hands and a plethora of
other practiced skills’. His project, called ‘Gravity
Glue’, has him balancing rocks of all shapes and
capturing the impossible-looking structures on
camera.
“I began balancing rocks through somewhat of a
whim in the summer of 2008 while exploring
Boulder Creek in Boulder, CO, USA,” he says.
“Since then, simple curiosity has evolved into a
prolific creative passion, and daily meditative
practice.” He claim that his creations have a
unique effect on himself and others – they inspire
a sense of magic and peace, a sense that
anything is possible.
According to Michael, the balancing technique
requires a minimum of three contact points. While
every rock is covered with several indentations
that could serve as contact points, his job is to
find the ‘finest point balances’ by paying close
attention to ‘vibrations’. He does this by ‘getting
to know’ the rocks, and his intuition and
experience come in handy while trying to locate
these particular points of balance.
“The most fundamental element of balancing in a
physical sense is finding some kind of ‘tripod’ for
the rock to stand on. I’m basically feeling the
vibrations of the rocks as they kind of roll over
one another,” he explained. “Whenever it rolls over
one of those notches, it kind of clicks or locks
until you really can’t go anywhere else.”

The idea of rocks simply ‘clicking’ together like
lego blocks sounds too fantastic to be true, but
that’s what makes it more fun for Michael. “When
somebody sees something they think is
impossible, it has a really interesting impact on
the person’s mind as they try to argue with their
senses,” he said.
Michael uses his rock balancing skill as a
performance art – he creates unique rock
formations in front of spectators, who are simply
amazed by what he can do. “Mystical”, “magical”,
and “impossible” are some words people have
used to describe his work. And Michael likes to
add a bit of mischief to his performance as well:
“I just go up and tap one in the middle and it just
collapses. And everyone is like [gasp!] So I just
like, get down, start making it again. Make it a
tiny bit different.”
Michael guesses that he might be one of only five
professional rock balancers in the world. He said
that he’s passionate about it because it is a ‘fun
way to relax, release stress, play, create, learn’.
He also described it as a ‘fairly involved
meditative practice, which seems to reveal very
personal, and sometimes profound insights to the
seasoned practitioner’.
“There is nothing easy about it,” he admitted. “It
can frustrate me to my limits, and then I learn. Or
it can reveal magic beyond words, and I learn.
Sometimes the rock wins, but most of the time I
win.”
You cancheck out more pictures of his
spectacular work at his website: www.gravityglue.com

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na jazz

Big jazz

See one of his You tube videos.
its simply

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHVLi8LA_0Q

a 13 minutes plus video.

its really about patience imagine from 6:40 minutes to 11:48minutes (5 minutes) he was trying to balance the last rock.

Skill of amazing depth.

Heavenly Father, in my next life, you HAVE to make me a white person. My brain must be this evolved.

These are like zen, so calming and inspiring.

jisos. this is pure witchcraft o(Nigerian mentality). nice one.

Edwinmason:
Big jazz

everything na jazz?...sometimes, it takes him 5 to 6 mins to balance a single rock...u can learn from his patience, endurance and concentration... if u like

coreseam:
See one of his You tube videos.
its simply

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHVLi8LA_0Q

a 13 minutes plus video.

its really about patience imagine from 6:40 minutes to 11:48minutes (5 minutes) he was trying to balance the last rock.

Skill of amazing depth.

when I watch his video I find it inspirational... his concentration, calmness, Patience... its amazing

Surplus90:
everything na jazz?...sometimes, it takes him 5 to 6 mins to balance a single rock...u can learn from his patience, endurance and concentration... if u like

very jazz-like concentration, jazz-like patience and jazz-like endurance.. but its cool. seen magicians do feats that surpass this. not saying that he is possessed but you got to admit it does seem beyond human faculties

voltron:


very jazz-like concentration, jazz-like patience and jazz-like endurance.. but its cool. seen magicians do feats that surpass this. not saying that he is possessed but you got to admit it does seem beyond human faculties

yea I understand...it does seem out of human faculties but no great accomplishments ever seem possible...

Wow!!!! I can't keep my mouth closed, this is really amazing. He is really talented but in countries like Nigeria, the talent would have been discouraged. I think i should try and balance spoons(who knows, i might have the talent)

I knows! (dat igbo man) He was living at the back of our house in d 1880s

Emmaesty:
Wow!!!! I can't keep my mouth closed, this is really amazing. He is really talented but in countries like Nigeria, the talent would have been discouraged. I think i should try and balance spoons(who knows, i might have the talent)

Me too!



When you think there is no more talent and you see this unbelievable work...

prof800:


Me too!



When you think there is no more talent and you see this unbelievable work...

just when u think theirs no more talent bro...

Surplus90:
everything na jazz?...sometimes, it takes him 5 to 6 mins to balance a single rock...u can learn from his patience, endurance and concentration... if u like

they are something endurance and patience can nt do check the brigde he made

Onegai:
Heavenly Father, in my next life, you HAVE to make me a white person. My brain must be this evolved.

These are like zen, so calming and inspiring.

Thank you! I support

Balancing against their various CG's is not beans o.

Amazing skill and patience.


Seun, front page please o!!!

sorceror!!!!!!!

Godmother:


Thank you! I support

seriously?

Onegai:
Heavenly Father, in my next life, you HAVE to make me a white person. My brain must be this evolved.

These are like zen, so calming and inspiring.

This is perhaps the most ignorant thing i've ever heard.