Stone, Re: Why I work stone and how others see it

[artisti@zzzzzzzzzzzz]

Charlie, Norman and others,

I am also mid fifties and have been working stone since I was in my early 30s. But I had the passion for doing it planted when a teenager. I quess I do it because I love it and I feel I am still learning. That is really the exciting part. Another juicy carrot are the commissions that occaisionally come in, that represent opportunities to try something you otherwize might not have done. The body does start to wear out. I feel it everyday. No I won't be able to work monumental blocks into the later years, but at least I am working them now. Hopefully by then, smaller commissions will still bring in an income. As a sculptor I also believe in the power of drawing and it's effect on sculpture. So as the subia and hammer become too heavy I will still be able to pick up the pencil. I hope to be creating the day I die. To see something beautiful come from the raw material is tranformative, not only of the material itself but of my life.