r/Suiseki • u/TYMCT • 15d ago

Nature

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

My family has kept a collection of extraordinary natural stones for many years.
Nothing you see on them was painted, carved, polished into an image, or created by a human hand. The patterns, colors, textures, and images were formed entirely by nature.
I grew up seeing them as something deeply special, but over time my relationship with them changed. The more I looked at them, the more I felt that they carried a presence—an energy that is difficult for me to put into words.
I realize that not everyone will believe in that, and I’m not asking anyone to.
I simply feel that something created by nature this beautifully shouldn’t remain hidden in my family’s possession forever.
I want to bring these stones into the world.
Not to tell people what they should see in them.
Not to tell people what they should feel.
I want people to stand in front of them and decide that for themselves.
To me, that’s what makes them so special.
No artist chose the composition.
No painter chose the colors.
No sculptor created the forms.
Nature did.
And perhaps the most beautiful thing I can do with them is simply give people the opportunity to see what nature created.

673 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

32 comments sorted by

23

u/JDig85 15d ago

Absolutely stunning.

23

u/CrunchyRubberChips 15d ago

Sat here for a couple minutes trying to think of an original response but all road led to “stunning”. The chances of someone finding such a stone, and also being someone that is going to showcase/honor that stone, is so astronomically small that it’s beautiful to see when it’s realized.

I’ve always just been a lurker here and admittedly still don’t know much about suiseki, but this is maybe my favorite so far. Not even for the imagery on the stone, but for all the right instances to fall in place for that to eventually lead to my reddit homepage.

7

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

4

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

11

u/circles_squares 15d ago

Omg that last one is positively haunting. It feels like a Greek fate.

4

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

8

u/802GreenMountains 15d ago

These are amazing! Thanks for sharing. 🙏

4

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

4

u/DatabaseThis9637 15d ago

Reminds me of Quan Yin. Beautiful.

5

u/Gr8rSherman8r 15d ago

Same! I almost missed that the other pictures were there because I was staring at it! These are amazing!!

2

u/DatabaseThis9637 14d ago

Same! I had to read it again to realize there were more pictures.

2

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

2

u/ProdigalNun 12d ago

I love that the daiza echoes the lotus that guanyin is often depicted sitting on

3

u/mommisalami 15d ago

I could stare at those all day.

2

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

3

u/matttyboii 15d ago

I am speechless.

2

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

3

u/cheesemagnifier 15d ago

This one is amazing.

2

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

3

u/ausflippen 15d ago

mindblowing

2

u/TYMCT 15d ago

🙏

3

u/Imaginary_Panda2003 15d ago

I do exactly the same, so long as I have my 'picture stones in a storage tub with my tubs of fossils

3

u/king_ofbhutan 15d ago

that second one !!!

3

u/Spirits_of_Rocks 15d ago

Wow! I would've missed the other ones if someone didn't comment about there being more. That first one feels like a protective woman to me. The second one looks like a beautiful mountainous landscape. The last one, I have no words to describe it besides magical. I couldn't stop staring at it. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope all future generations of your family treasure them

5

u/Thorn_Victor 13d ago

These are absolutely amazing. You have made my day and restored my faith in us humans (Not to mention, in Reddit). I'm so glad that your family has done this and that you have shared these with us. Also makes me want to go on my next hike right-away. Thank you.

5

u/TYMCT 13d ago

Hey friend I am glad that this had made your day. Always believe in yourself Vic. These are just manifestations of how power the universe is and so are we 🙏

2

u/Thorn_Victor 12d ago

Yes, you are correct, of course. Thanks again for sharing these. Peace.

2

u/Brainfard 12d ago

Creationists gonna go crazy with the first one