Wild Journey
Of The Sand

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Sand is the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water and air.
Modern cities are made of sand.
Desert sand eroded by wind rather than water, is too smooth and rounded to lock together to form stable concrete.
The tragedy of the commons- there is not enough sand to respond to the demand. This leads to a shortage of natural environment- sand theft, beaches disappearing, and entire islands being gone. Sand mining destroys one home to build another.

Silica is formed when massive stars explode.
We are all, quite literally, made of stardust.
Wind, ice, rain, and millennia of time erode mountains into smaller rocks, stones, and sand.
One directional - exhaustible resource.
Molten glass hourglass of 4.5 billion years.
In every grain of sand, there is a history of the universe

Slumped glass, aluminum scaffolding, sand
2022
Netherlands