Letter 1 J
Tekst in de steen: Long Now 02012
Alexander Rose, the executive director of the Long Now Foundation, wrote:
The Long Now Foundation presents this stone from the site of our 10,000 Year Clock project in the Southwest United States in our year 02012. It is our hope that future generations find us worthy ancestors.
Letter 1 werd van Gerrit Peele 23 mei 2012 gehouwen in een steen van de berg van de 10,000 Year Clock gestuurd door de Long Now Foundation, en geplaatst in bij Oudegracht 279 door Arie en Dennis Koot in opdracht van de stadswerken en de Stichting Letters van Utrecht in de morgen van 30 mei 2012 en door Utrechts burgemeester Aleid Wolfsen 2 June 2012 geopend. De Letters 1 t/m 648 werden aan de zaterdagen vanaf 1 januari 2000 t/m 26 mei 2012 toegekend.
Het concept van de 10,000 Year Clock was de originele inspiratiebron voor de ideeën van de stone clock die uiteindelijk tot de Letters of Utrecht leidden. De 10,000-jaar klok wordt gebouwd door de Long Now Foundation om lange termijn denken te bevorderen. De Long Now Foundation had in maart 2012 over de Letters van Utrecht geschreven.
Letter 1 J
Text in the stone: Long Now 02012
Alexander Rose, the executive director of the Long Now Foundation, wrote:
The Long Now Foundation presents this stone from the site of our 10,000 Year Clock project in the Southwest United States in our year 02012. It is our hope that future generations find us worthy ancestors.
Letter 1 was hewn by Gerrit Peele on 23 May 2012 in the stone from the site of the 10,000 Year Clock sent by the Long Now Foundation, placed in the street by Arie en Dennis Koot on the morning of 30 May 2012 and unveiled by Utrecht’s Mayor Aleid Wolfsen on 2 June 2012. De Letters 1-648 were retroactively committed to the Saturdays from 1 January 2000 until 26 May 2012.
The 10,000 Year Clock concept was the original inspiration for the ideas for a stone clock that turned into the Letters of Utrecht. This clock is built by the Long Now Foundation to foster long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. The Long Now Foundation had reported on the Letters of Utrecht in March 2012.