Writing on The Walls

 

            Talk about more questions than answers! I do have questions.

            The top photo is of Newspaper Rock, in Utah. Of course. The bottom shot was also taken in Utah I am pretty sure.

            Once you get used to seeing those images, they are everywhere.

            Things I wonder about:

            Same as everyone else, I wonder what was being expressed. Exultation of the hunt. Hopes for the hunt? Bragging rights?

            Soft goods. There had to be ephemera. What about that? What was it? Some of it we've seen and even have some samples. Clothing, sandals, baskets or pots, depending, weapons. 

            I try to guess why they inscribed footprints. Number of toes didn't seem to matter a lot. All the animal images make more intuitive sense, to me.

            More or less, all humans need some form of the same things. So, I try to apply that mindset to my imaginings. For instance, where did they bathe? Wash their clothing? Or did they wear more or less disposable stuff? What did they talk about in the evening? What did they feel or know about the rest of the world? Did they know much at all about the rest of the world?

            Just a few things I was thinking about. Please tell me what you think about writing on the walls. Was it an essential part of their lives, or just the last stuff to disappear?

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