And poetry it is. When one sees a finished dome, created by a bricklayer using only his skill and a piece of string with which to judge the circumference, one has seen art at its best. Fountains with water trickling from handcarved flowered stone basins replenish the soul. Hand-painted tiles delight the eye, graceful arches and niches stir the imagination. It takes many men many man hours of labor in the hot sun to make all this happen, and some of them even have weekend jobs to earn a little more money.
Accidents occasionally happen on a site, from a scorpion bite to a nasty fall.
Watching these men at work one isn't surprised, for they sometimes do feats that would make a circus performer blanch. Visitors love to watch a house being built at Sierra del Mar, and never cease to be amazed at how resourceful, hard-working and artistic the Mexican worker is. They are indeed deserving of our respect and gratitude. Some years ago, Sierra del Mar resident, now-turned congressman, Fernando Gonzalez Corona, brought a whole band of Mariachis to serenade the masons at their May celebration on his home site.