Gravity Collapse » moose http://www.gravitycollapse.com from Marc's brain to yours Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:35:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Modern day Colossus http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2008/08/modern-day-colossus http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2008/08/modern-day-colossus#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:01:20 +0000 gravitycollapse http://www.gravitycollapse.com/2008/08/modern-day-colossus Thorbjörn Holmlund kicks ass. He is working on a truly amazing project that cannot possibly be overlooked for its contribution to human civilization. Echoing Chares of Lindos, the Greek sculptor charged with constructing the colossus on the island of Rhodes, Holmlund’s legacy will be a modern day Great Wonder: a colossal moose.

The moose is apparently being built not to commemorate a Swedish victory over some invading force. But when you think about it, what reason does there need to be to build the world’s largest moose? This should be a monument to celebrate mooseness, and there need be no other reason, for there can be no reason more appropriate than that anyway.

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