{"id":47215,"date":"2021-07-14T16:21:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=47215"},"modified":"2021-07-14T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:23:32","slug":"water-stone-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2021\/07\/water-stone-words.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Water Stone Words&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This short new movie evokes the rich heritage of humankind&#8217;s creative responses to the natural environment over millennia. The creators of  &#8220;water stone words&#8221; \u2014 filmmaker Ed O&#8217;Donnelly, sculptor Kenny Munro, and writer\/poet Malcolm Ritchie \u2014 made the movie over a period of six days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j-Sv5_mZKtw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an accompanying statement, the filmmakers note that \u201cwater stone words&#8221; explores <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>an early human understanding of, and relationship to, the environment in the region of Argyll on Scotland&#8217;s West Coast, at the time of the making of cup and ring marks, and later in stone [that was] quarried for carving. 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