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Some of the miniature golf art was more art than miniature golf. But it was all funny, whimsical and very, very interesting. D and I once played Glow-in-the Dark miniature golf. This was sillier.



Erin & Nick Potter, Untitled.
This one is very hard to see properly, but reminds me of a strange house on Halloween. A monster tree instead of a front door, with three gaps at the bottom that were almost impossible to get the ball through even by hand. Nicely spooky, not so successful as a course for a ball to traverse. We both just took a 6 on this.


Take it Easy, Kisslan Chan.
My favorite. Par 1, once you take a good look at it. All slopes lead to the hole. Getting the ball back out requires clambering over it. There was another with this basic idea, but hidden behind plywood walls. An angled ramp into a conical housing, hole in the center. That one has a handrail to get in and out with. But it was completely unphotogenic.


Pissing in the Wind, John Bell.
Yeah, good luck. We both tried once, just in case we got lucky, then gave ourselves a 6. Well, on this one, we were warned.


Three Graces, Nathan Florence.
This one was strangely photogenic, fairly straightforwardly playable, probably the best balance of any.


The hole was directly underneath her feet. As I just noticed, where she is pointing.


And Whiskey River, as so often happens, churned up the best quote for this post.

"Zen's greatest contribution is to give you an alternative to the serious man. The serious man has made the world, the serious man has made all the religions. He has created all the philosophies, all the cultures, all the moralities; everything that exists around you is a creation of the serious man. Zen has dropped out of the serious world. It has created a world of its own which is very playful, full of laughter, where even great masters behave like children."
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh