I had started to calligraphy Book I of the Aeneid on a door last May… It’s still not over, but I’ve made some progress.
67 lines for the moment, at the rate of 20 minutes per line, I have already spent more than 22 hours there.
Virgilis – WIP
Tag: Virgil
Mind moves matter
It is Virgil who says it in the Aeneid and, of course, he says it in Latin: Mens agitat molem
And so, my mind, without really moving matter, transforms it.
It is a shale pebble, hand engraved with my faithful butter knife and a nail for the filigree pattern. And to give you an idea of the size, one last picture of the work when it was in progress and I was holding the pebble in my hand.
