Carved in stone

No doubt one of the earliest examples of graffiti—probably the equivalent of Joe not so useful was here. This is from Writing on Stone Provincial Park, an absolutely awesome place. There is a sense of timelessness as you enter the valley almost as if all the ancestors are still there, watching.

Writing on Stone Provincial Park
Originally uploaded by Richard Gugins

The moving finger of time writes and having writ moves on. Yet each of us strives to make our mark on the world, something to lett those who follow that we were there. The same was no doubt true of the natives who carved this at Writing on Stone Provincial Park. They simply wanted their lives, thier story to survive them. Maybe it's nothing more than graffiti but it's still there. The images saved onto a CD ROM last week might not even be readable in five years (or now if you're using Vista). Stone carvings, clay tablets and even ancient scrolls have all survived the passage of time. Todays modern digital media will not even survive an operating system change. Sic transit gloria in the extreme.