In search of the plain. The whitewashed chapel, roots and the branches of roots, the foot of the santo seated thus. A figure seen in the last stage of making before the polishing.
Closer examination reveals the right eye is imperfectly carved.
The supine queen comprised of thirteen blocks. Then the addition of four, measured along the variegated thigh. What can be seen, what can be written or drawn, can also be wiped away, perhaps a number of times. Her understated desire, the stark white contour of the stone enhancing the eyes. Your own desire, a wooden drawing board of the kind used by workers or students.