Ancient Communication

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Sitting on a large, black rock in the Gunlock area, I turned to gaze up the ridge while enjoying the breeze on an otherwise hot Utahan day.  Perhaps only ten feet away from me was a flat redstone surface filled with carvings; my breath caught momentarily before I quickly made my way for a closer look.  I was not in a designated Anasazi petroglyph area - actually this spot seemed off the beaten trail which delighted me all the more.  Reaching across time from perhaps A.D. 100, the Native American (who labored here to communicate) had the same need I do, to exchange thoughts, information, or messages with each other.  The ancient one who worked on this stone and I are connected in that we were here; we lived and tried to make sense out of life - possibly though, our recorded symbols attached a greater meaning than there is.  Perhaps the others were hunting, tending children and busy with survival.  But some were communicating - this act was important to the creator of this etched stone.  I do not understand the substance of what I am viewing, but I grasp the effort and the need to express.