(no subject)
Anne Bevan, Sculptor
Hills, Woolcraft, Stone
‘Good’ said God as he made the
wind, the sea, the fire, the
folded hills
‘Good’ said the shepherd as he
fleeced his flock
‘Good’ said the wife at the hearthstone
spinning wool on her wheel
‘Good’ said the weaver as the shuttle
clacked
‘Good’ said the housewife as she
folded blankets in a basket, fresh
from sun and wind
‘Good’ said the quarryman as he
hewed a great stone from
the mountain
‘Good’ said the sculptor as she
made her sculpture
*
To make things is to do well
*
And to do things in harmony, all
trades and images cohering, is
to catch time and form in their
flight, until all cry Gloria
- George Mackay Brown from Following A Lark (1996)
Hills, Woolcraft, Stone
‘Good’ said God as he made the
wind, the sea, the fire, the
folded hills
‘Good’ said the shepherd as he
fleeced his flock
‘Good’ said the wife at the hearthstone
spinning wool on her wheel
‘Good’ said the weaver as the shuttle
clacked
‘Good’ said the housewife as she
folded blankets in a basket, fresh
from sun and wind
‘Good’ said the quarryman as he
hewed a great stone from
the mountain
‘Good’ said the sculptor as she
made her sculpture
*
To make things is to do well
*
And to do things in harmony, all
trades and images cohering, is
to catch time and form in their
flight, until all cry Gloria
- George Mackay Brown from Following A Lark (1996)