Learn and Travel in Vancouver Canada: White Rock海邊，表演Rock Balancing的男孩

2009年9月2日星期三

White Rock海邊，表演Rock Balancing的男孩

只要在陽光普照的假日，白石鎮(White Rock)舊火車站(White Rock Museum and Archives)前方海邊的石頭堆，經常會看到一位年輕小夥子。

他正聚精會神，靠著異於常人的平衡功夫，挑選各種形狀的石頭，一顆一顆往上堆疊，因著石頭的特性，創造出各款出神入化的作品。

其實這是一種表演藝術，稱為「Rock Balancing」，表演者名叫Jamie Hlady。

由於他的功夫實在了得，總能吸引住遊客的目光，除了懷著讚嘆的眼光、駐足欣賞外，也不時拿起相機或錄影機，補捉那稍縱即逝的奇景！

此外，他也是個攝影高手，現場也有銷售他的攝影作品；有裱框的訂價為30—40元，未裱框的每張5元。

下次當您來到White Rock海邊時，或許會有機會看到他的現場表演！

依據維基百科(Wikipedia)的記載，有關Rock balancing的說明如下：

Rock balancing is an art, discipline, and / or hobby depending upon the intent of the practitioner.

Rock balancing—as well as the approaches above—can also be a performance art, a spectacle, or a devotion, depending upon the interpretation by its audience.
Essentially, it involves placing some combination of rock or stone in arrangements which require patience and sensitivity to generate, and which appear to be physically impossible while actually being only highly improbable.

The rock balancer may work for free or for pay, as an individual or in a group, and their intents and the audiences' interpretations may vary given the situation or the venue.

There are three types of rock balancing：

1. Pure Balance - each rock in near-point balance

2. Balanced Stacking - rocks lain flat upon each other to great height

3.Free Style - mixture of the two above, may include arches, etc.