The Pond of Memories by AO from spain

There is nobody in the cemetery, but in your heart. So, why do you continue visiting this place? Why do you continue thinking that death is terrible? Death is only a step to new birth. Death is a new stage of everybody’s life, an integral part of existence. It’s time to understand the endlessness of life.

The concept based on the new type of memorial without connecting to specific place. It can appear in any scenic region of the world. It is a place for remembrance, rethinking, meditation.
The main features of the concept are water and memories. Water is the beginning of everything in the world. Water is our life. An artificial pond with stones and water-lilies; reflections created by the sun, water and the steel plane; rubber tubes with water outside swaying in the wind – everything is made to animate the memorial. The intimate place in the centre of the pond is isolated by the water too. It’s necessary to go there barefoot for best connecting with nature. The supple rubber tubes symbolize our memories. The water trickle down the rubber tubes and slowly drip into the pond as tears. It seems like the whole memorial is crying.
But it’s not a place for grief. Passing through the water tubes barefoot with ‘tears’ on the face a man finally get the centre of the pound – a place for rebirth. It is a circle platform in the open air. (What can be better than clear sky?) It is a quiet isolated place for thinking and meditation, for staring into the sky, asking questions, stargazing. It is a place for your grieved memories. But leave them here, in this pond of memories. Keep your mind clear, live in present moment.
At night the whole memorial disappear in the dark, but thousands light-emitting diodes switch on their light, creating the flashing souls in the Universe.

Construction.
6 columns standing in the water of the pond support a plane. These elements are made from the polish steel. There is a tank for rain water on the top of the plane. The water trickle down the rubber tubes and drip into the pond. In the lack of rain the water from the pond can be used. It climbs up the pipes based in the 6 columns under pressure. At night thousands isolated light-emitting diodes (LED) flash in the semi-transparent rubber tubes, creating the most dramatic effect.