A story of a small stone. We found the stone in a field in the eastern part of Öland. Two photos and a video in which you can listen to a poem, the stone, read in swedish, tell a story of this stone.
The stone
a stone
quite inconsiderable
greyish - white
that stone we found
the same stone
still utterly another
you found the stone
resting in your hand
between thumb
and forefinger
we found the stone
at least three hundred and twenty generations
between us
long time
since grandmothers
lived
another time
still a second
in the history
of the stone
carrying thousands of
stories
the same stone
still another
the stone rested
in your hand
between thumb
and forefinger
weight inside the hand
gave power
to grind wood
or
you transformed the stone
into tool
telling the creation of
hand and thought
the stone became culture
the same stone still
another
you found the stone
we found the stone
in a field of Gräsgård
between us
more than three hundred
generations
the same stone
still another
then as now
the same anxiety before dawn
the same expectations for tomorrow
the same fear that children are injured
the same joy at their laughter
the same jubilant life
when man grows
the same tears of pain and sorrow
the same gripping love
the same then as now
still another
a stone
inconsiderable
greyish - white
now on the windowsill of Mellstaby
stone tool artefact
decor
the same stone then
as now
more than threehundred generations
in between
the same stone
still another