I find rock art and petroglyph to be fascinating. It is not the first time I talk about it. I found a nice definition of Rock Art: http://archaeology.about.com/od/rterms/g/rockart.htm. It is short and to the point. In addition, there are links to some example.
I think that Rock Art show an important transition in our remote ancestors. It is where what we consider "art" appear. It show some untangible concept start to appear. There is also the symbolism attached to a picture. I find it very important. Most of my ideas comes from pictures or like a scene in a movie. My mind work mostly in images. When I want to explain a idea, I have to do some translation from the pictures to words.
What I like in ancient Rock Art is that my mind is not the only one that work that way. Way back in the past, there were other people who worked with images. They had to have a focused mind and some planification to end up with caves like Chauvet or Lascaux. They tried to convey something that was meaningful for them. They didn't have any form of writing. This is why pictures was so important for them. They took a lot of time and patience to make those drawing. It is a proto-writing system, in a way. We have lost the signification of those drawing but there is still some emotional charge to it.
I find that Rock Art is inspiring.
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