Cathedral by Ben Hopkins

Author:Ben Hopkins
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 2020-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

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Look now, boys, at this Gargoyle that I have made. Wings of a dragon, face of a devil, legs of a goat, a human trunk. Do you like it?

Some say that it is wrong to make Gargoyles. That it is not for us to make creatures from our fantasy, to make inventions. That in doing so, we blaspheme, and indulge ourselves sinfully. They say we should leave Invention to God, and reflect the World as He has made it.

But some, like my Master before me, say that to copy God’s creation is nonsense, for how can we do any better than God? Why be God’s copyist? My Master said we should let our minds seek out new forms, put our dreams into our hands and let them guide the chisel. Let God flow through us as we create.

God made this world for us, for Adam and for Eve. And as he made this world for us, let us make our works for Him.

These last two, three years I have been up that scaffold, forty ells above the ground, making dragons and monsters. My sister asks me why I bother, as no one can see the work I do, as it’s so high above the Cathedral floor.

But God sees it, boys. It is my Work, for Him. And that’s all I can ask for in this World. To work and work well. To work as best as I can, for God.

For all there is in this world, is Work. Every blade of grass, every cloud, every drop of water is a sign of God’s Work. And all I will leave behind me when I am gone is what I have made.

All there is, is Work.

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