Conclusions
Each of us is an artist, etching our lives onto the surface of time we engrave thin trailings of design, recording our desires, like carving initials into the tree trunk of your youthful promise. Emotional graffiti or archetypes of action? Petroglyphs of possibilities. Ideograms of innocence? Symbols of sin and salvation, or just the source of Names, Alphabets, & Numbers..
Meanwhile back in the 21st century these symbolic constructions have consumer-market appeal, though only considered as high-water marks of primitive human potential. Immortalized in advertising and appearing as tattoos and jewelry on logo worshippers, these prehistoric archetypes cannot be carbon dated but apparently have been with mankind from the beginning of time and will cling to the end.
Petroglyphs contain deeper unseen meanings and messages. Symbols both mask and mirror humanity's first thoughts and rock art was the signature of our awareness.
Throughout history stone has recorded man's expressions like fingerprints of consciousness all over the crime scene of intelligence.
Epilogue:
It’s alright letting yourself go, as long as you can let yourself back.
-Mick Jagger
We can learn a lot more from the Petroglyphs of Hawaii, as long as they continue to exist in their intact state, not in some recreated resort-lobby diorama. Aside from my extraneous digression on pictographic origins and man’s desire to communicate, I believe further exploration of our ancient past will help us interpret the present while we dream future possible paths. What survivor tools can we take with us on such a journey? A heart full of adventure with ukupila aloha.
Happy Trails,
Wes Bogner © 2004
