I've builded one in the sea with hard wind. I had to be leaning into the wind. When it was finished people came to take look at it and one was standing between the stones and the wind. I told my father: look when he moves the wind will be back and it will collapse. And it did. Michael you were my inspiration to start this! Thank you very much.
Beautiful! I adore how this work reveals deeper truth. The Alan Watts track together with the music describes it well in words and feeling. Truly beautiful.
Hey Michael, I just installed a rock art exhibition at the FCAI in Mn including an homage to your rock balancing.Your videos are great! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
10 years since watching this video and being inspired to try! I cant imagine not having this tool! some days you just need this kind of meditation to enjoy a beautiful moment in life!
Watching your videos nourishes my soul. Your art is beautiful. Like the best kind of game, you are playing with ALL of the natural elements which are ever dynamic. You catch it artfully with a camara to share it with us and then it is gone from that place but forever captured in our memories. Thanks.
I showed this to my grade 7s this morning during homeroom and they really enjoyed it. The students like to pick out what the rock shapes looked like - dancers, air ballon, cactus and so on. They also really liked the videography. Thanks!
Lol for some reason watching him stack up these rocks was really soothing. But I'm so impatient I'd never be able to spend an entire day walking around rocks lol. Great editing too
Seriously, you need to go on "America's Got Talent" & you WILL win !! This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! I read the article about the trouble you were having in Boulder, Colorado & am happy that it was all resolved ! Never stop doing this! Brilliant!
Amazing. Coincedental I just filmed someone who does this for a living. Maybe you know him. Great Shooting and stacking. My dad learned to do this late in life. He had cancer and it helped calm him. I think I'll take it up again. Thanks for the video.
finally watched your 2012 "Rock Balancing Demo"..... i'm just wanted to say i'm a huge fan! keep up the awesome work and hopefully i'll be sharing my own balancing videos soon!
A highly talented human being! Absolutely fascinating video footage. Everything about this is incredible, and I found this very inspiring. Well done! Excellent work! More please 🙋🏻
The water creates a cohesion between the two surfaces of rock and creates a tension added to the force of gravity. Gravity is the glue as he so adequately put as the title of this video.
Great video! Relaxing and empowering at the same time. Giving a nice feeling of eternal life although the action of forces of destruction and the inevitable transience of every single creation. And the possibility to master and enjoy this subtle balance ... Thank you so much :) just what I needed right now.
There's a guy in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England who does this on the beach with much bigger stones. Like absolutely enormous ones. Just as impressive but in a different way.
I've builded one in the sea with hard wind. I had to be leaning into the wind. When it was finished people came to take look at it and one was standing between the stones and the wind. I told my father: look when he moves the wind will be back and it will collapse. And it did.
Michael you were my inspiration to start this!
Thank you very much.
Nice
Beautiful! I adore how this work reveals deeper truth. The Alan Watts track together with the music describes it well in words and feeling. Truly beautiful.
This guy is probably a master at jenga
+Latest of Tech Well, he isn't a country, but I don't think that makes him the opposite of one.
hahaha
This man inspired me so much. Grateful to have seen this years ago. 🙏
You rock!
Did you just...
Louis Hague I think he did...
you must be stoned :P
B40 / A118 Dash Cam Videos we hit rock bottom with these puns
Rock on!!
In Portugal after the tourist season is over it's always cool to go to the beach and see all these amazing rock sculptures the hippies left behind :]
That 3/4 time signature!
BezoGB * 6/8
That parachute shaped one is just a masterpiece. Well done dude.
This is astonishing! And the music - finally some modern music I can enjoy and appreciate!
beautiful artwork, love that you have alan watts playing really makes it come together
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Never thought watching rocks would be so relaxing lol
2:10 this duck be like 'I can do that too'
hahahahah thats really funny
Hey Michael, I just installed a rock art exhibition at the FCAI in Mn including an homage to your rock balancing.Your videos are great! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Mad skills
10 years since watching this video and being inspired to try! I cant imagine not having this tool! some days you just need this kind of meditation to enjoy a beautiful moment in life!
Watching your videos nourishes my soul. Your art is beautiful. Like the best kind of game, you are playing with ALL of the natural elements which are ever dynamic. You catch it artfully with a camara to share it with us and then it is gone from that place but forever captured in our memories. Thanks.
Absolutely mesmerizing. Thanks.
Here I am in 2025 watching this for probably the 100th time. Love your work, Michael!
I showed this to my grade 7s this morning during homeroom and they really enjoyed it. The students like to pick out what the rock shapes looked like - dancers, air ballon, cactus and so on. They also really liked the videography. Thanks!
I'm watching this video everyday , it's so amazing , this show , this music , those words . So fucking amazing talent
This video left me speechless. Such a incredible art form :)
Still inspiring 9 years later.
I just wish I could hear his words over the music. Beautiful, calming creativity. Thank you.
With a few stones Michael Grab creates more beauty, drama and suspense than a big budget movie.
Perfect audio video blend... Def. one of my favorite Tipper drippers.
Wunderschön 😊 ... was es alles gibt!
Lol for some reason watching him stack up these rocks was really soothing. But I'm so impatient I'd never be able to spend an entire day walking around rocks lol. Great editing too
wunderschön- diese Kunst berührt mein Herz
素晴らしいね。
集中して時間をかけて創り上げても、一瞬で消えてしまう儚さが見る者の心に特別な感情を与える。
Fascinating and very calming. I should leave and move to you. Teach me doing this, finding my inner peace.
Seriously, you need to go on "America's Got Talent" & you WILL win !! This is one of the most amazing things I've ever seen! I read the article about the trouble you were having in Boulder, Colorado & am happy that it was all resolved ! Never stop doing this! Brilliant!
mindbogglingly beautiful
Thank you Michael, wondrous.
Already loved the video when I recognised the voice of Allan Watts :)
I could have cried when he smacked that beautiful one at the end with a rock!! Absolutely amazing!! What gifts these people have.
Amazing. Coincedental I just filmed someone who does this for a living. Maybe you know him. Great Shooting and stacking. My dad learned to do this late in life. He had cancer and it helped calm him. I think I'll take it up again. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful: the intensity of the stacker, nature, the camera work, the editing. Fab.
Fantastic Creations Michael...
Thanks for sharing
Where did you go we miss you!
Beautiful video natural art at its finest
wow what a magical person
finally watched your 2012 "Rock Balancing Demo"..... i'm just wanted to say i'm a huge fan! keep up the awesome work and hopefully i'll be sharing my own balancing videos soon!
I love your spoken commentary, it is quite simply true and wonderful. Thanks.
+Vivian Potts pretty sure it's alan watts
Incredible artistry!
wonderful and full of peace and joy
Just amazing
Gorgeous film!
A highly talented human being! Absolutely fascinating video footage. Everything about this is incredible, and I found this very inspiring. Well done! Excellent work! More please 🙋🏻
Aside from the amazing skills required to do these sort of things and awesome looking sculptures... the montage on this video was done by a genius!
The power of lateral thinking in the gaze of an artist...' Efimero' and eternal. WOW¡
Those reverse shots are so satisfying.
That's gorgeous. Nice work.
Absolutely wonderful !!!
The water creates a cohesion between the two surfaces of rock and creates a tension added to the force of gravity. Gravity is the glue as he so adequately put as the title of this video.
Beautiful.
I love this vid. Garb is amazing and having Watts and Tipper in there is so nice.
You are fantastic Man that bring to us a harmony of the world.
Thak you!
incredible. both the stones and the video. Great work
I have no words to describe what I feel like as I watched this video, other than feeling amazingly alive! This is awesome Michael! Thank you!
a beautiful artwork
Amazing stuff man!
fell in love with the music instantly
amazing to watch
wow.. i see someone has taken staking things to a whole new level.
"Allan Watts" partial lecture is played at the beginning of this.. it is brilliant ..
Beautiful ♡ love from ND
SUPER !!!! so great !!!!
Very mind settling.
Nice music! Great performance!
Beautiful!
Stunning Rock Art!
this would be a great decoration for my garden
Just amazing!!
lovely stuff
I've tried this... didn`t work :) Amazing work! :)
It's amazing how stones goes back to his hand.
very cool :) the silhouettes are really nice
Very impressive. Fragile, like life itself. Well made too
i love this. it's connects me to life when I watch it. thanks man.
Love it. Just learned to balance stones as well and I recorded all of it. You should all try learning this!
Everyone, seriously...
Alan W. Watts.
Micheal Grab, your videos are awesome brother, very talented guy. hope to see more!
Seriously, or Shirley?
He's spewing bunk.
I'm in awe.
Great video! Relaxing and empowering at the same time. Giving a nice feeling of eternal life although the action of forces of destruction and the inevitable transience of every single creation. And the possibility to master and enjoy this subtle balance ... Thank you so much :) just what I needed right now.
Beautiful artful
Excellent mindful work Michael. You seem to understand through your work the impermanence to all that we are and do as well.
Thank you for sharing your incredible gift. I am inspired.
Namaste
thank you for sharing your work m g
There's a guy in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England who does this on the beach with much bigger stones. Like absolutely enormous ones. Just as impressive but in a different way.
Thank you for the best 8 minutes I have spent in a long time x
i love what you do. it touches me to the core of my being.
enjoyed the building part as mucch as the destroying part :D
Awesome stuff dude!
How does the rocks stay 'up' when there is water rushing at the base of the first stone as at 1:40ish? I just don't get the weight being enough!!!
That was absolutely amazing!
Mágico y maravilloso lo que realizas
My favourite ones are the ones next to rough seas or rivers. It's the juxtaposition of the delicately balanced and the more violent forces of nature.
Awesome!
Magnificent!
so awsome, makes it look like another planet.
By this video I have met with Alan Watts in 2016. Wanted to come back and thank you
Gratitude, c'est très beau.