He pulled on his leather work boots and paced the length of the wall, seemingly lost in thought. Soon a stocky man with a bristly red moustache, wearing deeply stained overalls, arrived. He had come from the nearby city of Leeds, where he worked as a playwright and a teacher. Griffiths was a classic wall-building philosopher. Walling and writing complement each other nicely.
Walls tend to be in peaceful settings, in the country.
I'm able to do my best creative thinking. I asked Griffiths if he considered wall building to be an art form. He lifted his chin in Allen's direction. I think Steven has a particular eye for the way stone assembles, the way it looks. He is clearly the best waller in the land.