Sand Castles

There's something about the art of building sand castles that conveys, with graphic clarity, the true nature of "fun." Sand castles aren't made to last. And neither is fun. Sand castles have no purpose. And neither does fun. Building sand castles is an art, and can take a life time to perfect, and doesn't really matter to any one other than the artist. Just like fun.

And just like anything we do for fun, it can be taken seriously. There are sand castle contests - with prizes. Sand castle kits. Sand castle lessons and sand castle books.

Here's a short animation showing a sand castle being built. I especially like how it loops around back to the original shapeless sand pile, demonstrating graphically what and sand castles are really all about.