According to the CLMOOC week 4 Make Cycle 4 email a pile of tyres is just a pile of tyres and nothing more.
Really?
This is a pile of tyres waiting to be recycled. The mountain in the background is a pile of shredded tyres. According to Wikipedia:
tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste, due to the large volume produced, their durability, and the fact they contain a number of components that are ecologically problematic.
Tyres take up valuable space at landfill sites (hence the shredding above), tyre stockpiles can be a health and safety hazard, and tyre recycling and storage can apparently sometimes be associated with illegal activities. Eek!
Some piles can tell a story or remind one of our shared history.
A pile of tyres is never just a pile and nothing more.
Tyres can also make great swings.
As I was writing this, Simon posted this great post.
Amazing coincidence, telepathy … ?
Amazing – we also both used war images.
nothing is ever just nothing
Exactly.
It might not be just a pile, but the example given by the Make Cycle Leaders would help people understand systems. The pile simply viewed without thought seems just a pile; caring about the pile shows it’s place within a system.
And my point is that is a naive view of the world. Everything is part of a system. Just step back and look.
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Tires in piles seem to be in a category of things we expect no further contribution form. A stopping point in systems is really on oddity that flusters us so much that the best we can do is make a messy pile into an orderly pile. I have a one square meter slab of used tires made into a pad for standing on. It’s so heavy I can barely move it and suspect space/time in that corner of the garage is slightly warped such that only the cat dares venture there.