Growing up, nothing was more fun on the beach than building a castle. I
did reach a point, however, where I realized that they were all the same
and doomed to be reclaimed by the sea. It appears, though, that some
people were not daunted by this futility and, much like Calvin and his
snowmen, have displayed amazing creativity and ingenuity in sand
sculpture. Exhibits
A
and
B
represent the destruction of my childhood compromise with myself that
nothing substantial had ever been made from sand on a beach. I would be
sad and disillusioned, but these are so cool…well, I can't be sad.