Steps • house & garden

The aim of the mason was to make the wall stand up and that was his purpose in its entirety. The beauty of the stonework is simply a reflection of the purity of the mason’s intention. Carly says I have this mystique thing about stonemasonry. She says nobody understands it. Even my father thinks it’s crazy. She says no one knows what I’m talking about. She says no one cares. In all this of course she’s right. And she says you can’t change history and that ruins should be left to ruin. And she’s right. But that the craft of stonemasonry should be allowed to vanish from this world is just not negotiable for me. Somewhere there is someone who wants to know. Nor will I have to find him out. He’ll find me.