thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 4月24日 21時22分

Photos by @randyolson | words by @neilshea13 — When you arrive to Easter Island and if you listen closely the locals will tell you that the big statues, the moai, walked to their places without human help—loped out of the quarry and over the treeless hills and set themselves up on dark stone pedestals near the shore or planted themselves, backs to the sea, farther inland. It’s a good story, though you may already be trained to disregard it. In that case archaeologists will offer another, one of earthly forces, friction and gravity, ropes and logs. Teams of men and maybe women who pushed, tipped, and pulled nearly 900 moai across the landscape and wrestled them into position. This too is a good story. So, which will it be? Magic or data? Faith or muscle? Both have their attractions. Both deliver you into an ancient world that Europeans glimpsed only for a moment before it vanished. Take your time deciding. There’s really no wrong answer. The mysteries of Rapa Nui will be preserved. In the meantime I feel compelled to mention that this particular moai is fake. Yeah. It’s concrete, dumped into the sea not that long ago for the benefit of scuba divers. I’m sorry, I wanted it to be real, too. The idea that this one, alone, walked out beyond the others.
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Part of a series exploring the small stories that surround and connect us, and how we stumble through them—capturing, missing, and making meaning

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