Ritual in Stapled Wood Poles

I have seen a few wood poles that are covered in staples. Someone would staple a flyer on the pole and after some time the flyer would be gone while the staple remained. I think it is amazing how many staples can accumulate over time just by tons of different people doing the same action.The concept of ritual plays a huge part in this earth art work. The repeating action (stapling) is why these wood poles reach its appearance today. These wood poles covered in staples can be found all over the U.S. and other parts of the world too.

According to Lippard, only forms become ritual only when "filled by a communal impulse that connects the past (the last time we performed this act) and the present (the ritual we are performing now) and the future (will we ever perform it again?). What Lippard states is the epitome of the creation of the heavily stapled wood pole. The "communal impulse" is definately there as the creation of the pole is shared by the community surrounding it. The action of stapling does connect the past, the present, and the future for people have been stapling flyers in the past, stapling flyers right now, and probably stapling flyers in the future. However, the wood pole I have pictured here has probably reached its limit and the ritual of stapling has ended since there are no flyers on it now (perhaps there are too many staples on the pole).