It was dedicated in the fall of the same year as a place of memorial for members and friends of the congregation. Ashes of the dead may be strewn on the church grounds or combined with the soil under a paver. The pavers may also be used to memorialize persons who ashes have been scattered elsewhere. The Artist's Statement In New England, in farm and city, stone pillars of varying height and breadth demarcate ways of passage, direction, entrance. A simple architectural gesture, unmarked save the sawcuts from the mason.
Markers create anticipation of transition.
Nestled against the natural wetland growth, impenetrable and secretive, the stone wall is a metaphor of life's work unfinished. We seek to know where those we have loved and lost have gone. At this passage, you cannot cross, but you may contemplate the journey.