In any case, it really was a fantastic experience.
We cleared all the larger rocks and dead matter out of the stream in front of the large rock. My first intent was to create something calm and peaceful, but as we removed more of the dead blockage and started opening up the current, the place started to get a wonderful feeling of energy to it. using all those large rocks we excavated from the stream, we lined the sides of the stream bed with them, creating a very low, small rock wall, about waist height at some points.
We dusted off and cleaned away some of the dead matter on the large rock, making a large space a person could easily sit on (and quite comfortably, too), and overlook this small clean portion of stream. Since the current and flow increased, it swept away the majority of sand and muddy water that was clouding up the clear stream, revealing a bed of beautiful pebbles that carpeted the bottom. using some of these small pebble I made a design on the rock - I'm honestly not sure why, it just seemed like a nice thing to do. And using some of the smaller, flatter rocks from the earlier clearing out, I lined one of the rock walls with a continuous connected chain of these stones, both as a design element and as a small metaphor for something I learned during this: every part of nature is connected some way, even it its just a few rocks in a stream. Moving just one rock might alter the current in a manner significant enough to reveal other rocks hidden within the sand, or even small creatures that would then scurry off to parts unknown.
I also wish I had a camera I could take film with, you need to hear this stream as much as see it to really appreciate how wonderful it is, but I don't.
I do have quite a few pictures to post though, so I really hope they can help show how nice it turned out:
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