Sand sculpture

Castle in the sand

To all, to you
silent beings of the night
who took my hand in the darkness, to you,
lamps
of immortal light, star lines,
staff of life, scret brethren,
to all, to you,
I say: there’s no giving thanks,
nothing can fill the wineglasses
of purity,
nothing can
contain all the sun in the invincible
springtime’s flags,
like your quiet dignity,
I only
think
that I’ve perhaps been worthy of so much
simplicity, of a flower so pure,
that perhaps I’m you, that’s right,
that bit of earth, flour and song,
that natural batch that knows
whence it comes and where it belongs.
I’m not such a distant bell
(…)
Pablo Neruda (A Todos, A Vosotros)
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Rio de Janeiro – Brazil – February 2010
Made by a street artist. There were many sculptures like this along the beach in other shapes and with the most diverse kind of animals and meanings, but to take a picture (in a public street at the public beach) wasn’t free and the artists really tried to intimidate you to "donate" something. Beautiful, though.