Gezicht op rotsformatie The Giant's Loom before 1867

This is a photograph of a rock formation entitled The Giant's Loom by John Hudson. The vertical columns of basalt rock evoke a sense of structured chaos, reminiscent of ancient ruins or the foundations of a forgotten world. These basalt columns carry echoes of humanity's earliest attempts to understand the order within the natural world. Consider, for instance, the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, structures built to reach the heavens, mirroring the same impulse to impose geometry onto the earth. This reaching upward, striving to connect the earthly with the divine, speaks to a collective yearning. Such geological formations resonate with the human psyche. They remind us of our insignificance in the face of nature's grand design. The image serves as a mirror, reflecting our quest for meaning and our eternal struggle to find our place within the cosmos.