As the Buddha begins to appear more clearly, the community is taking more of an interest— folks come up the hill to observe the work. "It's like watching paint dry," comments a visitor.
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In 1993, the Furnace Mountain Zen Retreat Center commissioned me to carve a Buddha in the Appalachian foothills of Eastern Kentucky. I traveled there in my Sportsmobile, a converted E-350 Ford beverage-body van…
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If you want to start carving soft stones such as alabaster, soapstone, or talc, you may have all the tools you need in the kitchen and garage.
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In 1985, I had been living at the Providence Zen Center in Rhode Island for four years, studying to become a Zen Dharma teacher while beginning to carve stone.
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