There is something about Dick

After strolling around at the museum and viewing some of my old favorite artists, I surprisingly got most excited to view the "Georgia Granite Circle", 1990, by Richard Long.
The 7.5 tons of striated marble stones was placed in a large jagged circular pattern. It takes approximately 8 seconds to walk around the whole piece, but somehow the scale of the piece felt larger when viewed from 65 cm from the floor, at a still motion. The rocks were light colored and around 20 cm tall. Some had stripes and some had natural silver/gold glitter inside of them, but still the all looked the same. The brightness of the rocks and the jagged circle felt elegant and calming, to me as a viewer. I think that the usage of a natural and organic media such as the rocks, strips some of a complexity away. It then leaves the work in a vulnerable and naked state, which I find beautiful and peaceful. Not only did I find these emotions in the piece itself but also within myself. The rocks pulls the viewer in and leaves the surrounding, in this case the museum, in a delete form.
So how can some granite rocks placed on the floor invoke a lot of emotions inside of me. Could it be the colors or the placement of them...or, the glitter? There is something about Richard Long precise usage of the granite. The unity the rocks shared in their size and colors, and a clear non egotistical need of grabbing attention by being different. All the rocks had simplicity and shared equally their space with its neighbour rock. None of the rocks had something more, nor, less then the other rock that was placed around the circle. Dear I say that it reminded me about a dreamlike socialistic point of view between the rocks. A point of view which I grew up with, and therefor I felt more of a connection and familiarity with these rocks, over any other work at the museum.