{"id":956,"date":"2025-08-10T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T13:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/?page_id=956"},"modified":"2025-08-10T15:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T14:26:13","slug":"phase-1-dancing-ganeshas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/?page_id=956","title":{"rendered":"Phase 1: Dancing Ganeshas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The park is entered through a large moulded Vagina Dentata dedicated to Alan Turing. (Turing&#8217;s abstraction of a computational machine recurs in many forms throughout the park.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/entrance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-915\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/entrance.jpg 729w, https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/entrance-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The visitor emerges, as from a womb, into a large field. In the field there is a lone Ganesh reading a book of Basic, a foundational computing language. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh0.jpg 319w, https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh0-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>At one end, the visitor finds the Wisdom Seat, and is encouraged to sit there and take in the spectacular view of the Sugarloaf Mountain. Enlightenment is suggested, but your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cobra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cobra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cobra.jpg 498w, https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cobra-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Then we encounter a group of Ganeshas, five with instruments, and two dancers. This is a joyous assembly. Each Ganesha has an associated rat. Paddy Ganesh is tailored for the Irish location, and plays the Uilleann pipes. His rat sips a pint of what the casual visitor might mistake for Guinness, but on inspection, turns out to contain Genius. Other esoteric markings are found, if sought. Each is carved in India from a single multi-ton stone of granite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/paddyganesh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"162\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/paddyganesh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-923\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paddy Ganesh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh6-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"154\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh5-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-939\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"229\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-919\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"229\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-918\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"227\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-959\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ganesh4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A large statue of Hanuman marks the transition from this joyous phase, and the visitor enters a large 30 year old birch forest. This concludes Phase 1, and is superseded by <a href=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/?page_id=964\">Phase 2.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hanuman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hanuman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hanuman.jpg 282w, https:\/\/pworldrworld.com\/fred\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hanuman-162x300.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The park is entered through a large moulded Vagina Dentata dedicated to Alan Turing. (Turing&#8217;s abstraction of a computational machine recurs in many forms throughout the park.) 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