Healing a Broken Heart...Tasmanian style

The Heart Rock Collective ~ A Blog with Heart(s)

Benny, another heart-rock collector from the 'Land Down Under' shares this powerful story of how a Tasmanian 'get-away' offered solace and peace for a broken heart...

"Oh wow, in response to Troy... As it happens I've lived in Wollongong for 7 years and recently I had my heart broken in many places, not so much by a lover, but by 'life'... everything that could was going wrong... So a friend in Tasmania suggested I could visit for as long as I needed. The town in Tassie is on the beach. I decided to explore the beach with my old dog and I was surprised to see a lovely heart shaped rock. I took that as a lovely gift from God and nature and took it with me. The next day, I walked along that same beach and everywhere I looked, there were heart shaped rocks. I collected another 3. Two days later I decided to take my dog to another beach and I went back to my friends place with my arms loaded with heart shaped rocks of much bigger size! In all, in 4 days, without even trying, I collecetd 17 heart shaped rocks from just a few centimetres across to some quite hefty ones... but the most amazing one is one that I found just a couple of days ago, same beach, which looked so real in colour, size, shape and proportion that I actually squirmed as the surf washed over it and touched it's blood red shape... I hoped I wasn't seeing a real heart that someone had dropped on the beach, improbably from the butcher or something grizzly... and I quickly poked it, fully expecting it to wobble like the real thing, but, it was just, thank goodness, another rock! The interesting thing is that I lived in Wollongong and I just love it there, but nothing was working out... I came to Tassie where I have no intention of staying forever, and yet, I have found a quiet peace here and a whole collection of heart shaped rocks!"

Found Hearts by Rick Ruggles ~ videos

You may remember one of my earlier posts (Feb) hightlighting the beautiful images of Found Hearts by Rick Ruggles. His photographic work reflects the beauty and love that surrounds us ~ primarly heart-shapes found in nature. Recently, I checked out his website for updated information about a gallery exhibit he had earlier this year. New additions to his site include the following two videos (worth watching!):

Saville Gallery Show 2008
Interview on Maryland Public TV

Found Hearts by Rick Ruggles

I discovered the website, Found Hearts by Rick Ruggles during one of my google searches for 'heart rocks'. A fellow heart rock collector listed his site on her blog as a 'must see'...

With a keen eye and passionate vision, Rick Ruggles, captures inspiring and awesome images of hearts found in nature and the world around us. His creative vision speaks to the love that can be found all around...open your eyes and your heart and enjoy these beautiful images.

Blessed-By-Many-Hearts

Read Bridget's blog to learn more about her growing heart rock collection, check out South City Musings: Tower Grove, St. Louis, Missouri: If you try sometimes, you might find...

Additional posts:
Blessed by Many Hearts ~ heart rocks found/shared
Heart Rocks ~
I Love Heart Rocks