Same thing aborigines and primitives did, really, little circles of feathers and shells, concentric patterns of pine cones and seed rings, circular collections and arrangements of whatever is being washed ashore at the time. It's two-dimensional art with a 3D hint, a low peek from the wind-blown sand.

These symbols and shrines are very pagan, if you use the correct academic definition of pagan as being a country person who follows the agricultural calendar. This being Virginia Beach (Pat Robertson's home town), one needs to be careful when using the term pagan around here; it carries weighty connotations.

The first Dream Catcher showed up on the summer solstice, a celestially timed kind of thank you to the planet. By fall, the Prime Instigator reported, other people were joining in on the organic sculpture theme. At one point, four were spotted on a two-mile stretch.

Not exactly crop circles, but at least generating some buzz. > > >