This display was made by Santo Buratto of northern Italy. He found this pattern stone composed of flint and calcite in the sacred Piave river in Vento, Italy. Burratto sees a woman playing a stringed instrument while sitting on a cliff overlooking the bow of a boat and with a cloud in the sky. The idea of layering the stone on two books carved from walnut wood came to him while mediating on Japanese culture and knowing that he would never fully understand Eastern cultures. He imagines that his life is written in these books and the pages will contain a mixing of cultures. He put the stone on the books, metaphorically and even physically, so it will speak.

Buratto’s thinks that this display would be best if displayed on the level of a desk. Since he wanted this to represent a desk, he made a flat display board with a green leather insert to resemble the top of an old desk. The stone is 20 x 19 cm while the board is 65 x 40 cm.