shiny balls of mud

hikaru dorodango

"An artifact of such utter simplicity and perfection that it seems it must be either the first object or the last, something that either instigated the Big Bang or awaits the final precipitous descent into universal silence. At the very end of things awaits the hikaru dorodango, a perfect three-inch sphere of mud. At its heart: the unthinkable.”

~ William Gibson

Please go read what Patti Digh has to say about hikaru dorodango at 37days.