THE HAND OF THE CRAFTSMAN

Vast, monumental, but never monolithic, churches, temples, places of worship are always the work of many hands.  Many of those hands were not only highly skilled but artistic and, sometimes, touched with genius. Mostly, we see the forest, but every now and then we pause to notice the beauty of a single tree.  So it is with the work of these nameless ones.   They leave their anonymous mark on our souls.  This mostly photographic blog is dedicated to the traces they've left in the architecture, looking not for personal glory but to the glory of being part of a grand effort.  In Paul Simon's "Under African Skies",  Joseph sees "Angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity"'; so too are their earthly creators; unknown but near-immortal.