The whole lenght of bamboo then tilts around the axle. Shishi-odoshi was first created to frighten off deer. However, people found the sound it made pleasing to the ear and one is found in many Japanese gardens. The regular, hauntingly beautifull sound made by a shishi-odoshi enhances the silence of the garden, making it more pronounced. It acts as a reminder that true silence is born out of sound and true stillness is born out of out of motion.
Life is born of sound and motion and thus has natural tendency towards silence and stillness.
While a shishi-odoshi might be reminder enough in a serene Zen garden, the one needed to fill that function in the hubub of modern world has to be somewhat more extreme. The full appreciation of these pages requires a working knowledge of English and some knowledge of Finnish and Japanese - and according to most critics a severe brain damage.