X Marks The Spot

Today Andrew took us on a mystery outing to the Moutere Hills.  He had seen this on a previous drive out here and knew it should be blipped.  When I got there I knew nothing about it and now I have done the research I would take different pictures.  It is at the entrance to Gravity Wines and was commissioned from sculptor Marte Szirmay.  I also found her story interesting.  She was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1946 and came to New Zealand in 1957. It has more than 40 tons of Corten steel.  That should impress Rusty Crap in Australia.  
Now for the art lesson:
The Yantra for Mahana pays homage to the Southern Alps specifically Mt Arthur (Wharepapa). The Yantra establishes a dialogue with Mt Arthur across the Moutere valley. The Yantra focuses our attention by becoming a marker; a site-line from Mahana to Mt Arthur. 
YANTRA – sanskrit meaning instrument/machine/loom. It is an interlocking matrix of geometric forms whose primary function is to focus ones spiritual and mental energies – a meditation tool; a support for the meditating person. The Yantra for Mahana’s format is: the large upright cross grasps or shelters the triangular centre essence – the heart. The repeating four armed crosses represent the four elements of earth, air, fire and water as well as the fundamental aspects of the human psyche – thought, emotion, intuition and the senses.
Copied from the Arts website I used when I used to be an art teacher. 
 
We followed this by a look at Katie Golds ceramic gallery and then lunch by the water at Mapua.  Life is good. 
I did get Mt Arthur through the cross.  The extra is me being an X and the side view of Yantra. 

Art For Art's Sake    Eric Stewart / Graham Gouldman   Sung by 10CC

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