{"id":7473,"date":"2013-01-07T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2013-01-07T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T18:39:00","slug":"stoned-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=7473","title":{"rendered":"Stoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=7474\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?fit=3648%2C2736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3648,2736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1357395503&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8212\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?fit=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7474\" title=\"IMG_8212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?resize=250%2C187&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8212.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\/art\/exhibition\/levitated-mass\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Levitated Mass&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> at the Los Angles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday.\u00a0 It was heavy.\u00a0 The LACMA website calls it a Megalith which in my mind makes this installation a <a href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/archives\/category\/henges\"><strong>henge<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The artist is <a href=\"http:\/\/doublenegative.tarasen.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Michael Heizer<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 What I admire most, having moved some big stones around myself, is that he was able to convince art patrons to put up the money to move and install the stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=7475\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2736,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1357395839&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.845&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8219\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7475\" title=\"IMG_8219\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8219.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Walking under the Levitated Mass gave me a control of nature feeling, as if I was taking a big risk, even though it is well designed and not in the least dangerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7476\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=7476\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?fit=2736%2C3648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2736,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1357395860&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12.845&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8220\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7476\" title=\"IMG_8220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_8220.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bit of perspective:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This stone weighs about 330 tons.<\/li>\n<li>One of the large stones at Stonehenge weighs about 25 tons<\/li>\n<li>A medium sized office building, like the one in the background of these pictures weighs about 12,000 tons. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.officemuseum.com\/office_buildings.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Office building construction facts<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Levitating Mass can be seen as a driveby from 6th Street just East of Fairfax.\u00a0 But this exhibit is best seen from below.\u00a0 If you can find parking entry is free.\u00a0 Parking is $10 in the LACMA lot.<\/p>\n<p>We had lunch first with Gil and Nanci C. at <a href=\"http:\/\/shortorderla.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Short Order<\/strong><\/a> at the Farmers Market.\u00a0 A very nice outing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited the &#8220;Levitated Mass&#8221; at the Los Angles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday.\u00a0 It was heavy.\u00a0 The LACMA website calls it a Megalith which in my mind makes this installation a henge.\u00a0 The artist is Michael Heizer.\u00a0 What I admire most, having moved some big stones around myself, is that he was 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