Stone Carving - Tumblr Posts
I do not make art, I transcribe memories, visages, and stories into the bones of the world. To make moments in time stand eternal in marbleline glory. Whittling can be beautiful too but it can burn away, or decay over time. Paint chips and fades as easily as seasons change., but not stone. Statues weather time and conditions as though they were apart from it all. Yes it can be broken but so can everything if you hit it hard enough. Painting is easier of course but fickle and fleeting. Woodworking while similar isn't as reliable, each tree may have hidden knots or rot, and the depth of the art isn't on the same level as marble or granite. Stone however, given the right set of tools and and time enough to provide proper care and love can become almost clear in one's hand. With a few strokes you can make what was a sheer face into a veil hiding a maidens dignity, or show the veins and muscles twisting under the skin of a great beast. Even Flora such as a wizened oak or sprouting crown of Thorns can be forever cherished in the ground beneath you. With stone you can capture man beast or scenery and make it live forever, eternalize things that would normally pass into history like sand unto the ocean and by doing so forever change the lives of any who bear witness to such works. This is what I do, this is my calling. That is what it means to be a Mason.
I do not make art, I transcribe memories, visages, and stories into the bones of the world. To make moments in time stand eternal in marbleline glory. Whittling can be beautiful, too, but it can burn away or decay over time. Paint chips and fades as easily as seasons change, but not stone. Statues weather time and conditions as though they were apart from it all. Yes, it can be broken, but so can everything if you hit it hard enough. Painting is easier, of course, but fickle and fleeting. Woodworking, while similar isn't as reliable, each tree may have hidden knots or rot, and the depth of the art isn't on the same level as marble or granite. Stone, however, given the right set of tools and time enough to provide proper care and love, can become almost clear in one's hand. With a few strokes, you can make what was a sheer face into a veil hiding a maidens dignity or show the veins and muscles twisting under the skin of a great beast. Even Flora, such as a wizened oak or sprouting crown of Thorns, can be forever cherished in the ground beneath you. With stone you can capture man beast or scenery and make it live forever, eternalize things that would normally pass into history like sand unto the ocean and by doing so forever change the lives of any who bear witness to such works. This is what I do. This is my calling. That is what it means to be a Mason.
I do not make art, I transcribe memories, visages, and stories into the bones of the world. To make moments in time stand eternal in marbleline glory. Whittling can be beautiful too but it can burn away, or decay over time. Paint chips and fades as easily as seasons change., but not stone. Statues weather time and conditions as though they were apart from it all. Yes it can be broken but so can everything if you hit it hard enough. Painting is easier of course but fickle and fleeting. Woodworking while similar isn't as reliable, each tree may have hidden knots or rot, and the depth of the art isn't on the same level as marble or granite. Stone however, given the right set of tools and and time enough to provide proper care and love can become almost clear in one's hand. With a few strokes you can make what was a sheer face into a veil hiding a maidens dignity, or show the veins and muscles twisting under the skin of a great beast. Even Flora such as a wizened oak or sprouting crown of Thorns can be forever cherished in the ground beneath you. With stone you can capture man beast or scenery and make it live forever, eternalize things that would normally pass into history like sand unto the ocean and by doing so forever change the lives of any who bear witness to such works. This is what I do, this is my calling. That is what it means to be a Mason.
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