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writing that outlives the language it was written in.
means the practice of shaping stone by removing material, permanently, whether the tool is a chisel or the weather.
from predates writing itself; the oldest known carved stone figures go back over 40,000 years, well before anyone had an alphabet to argue with.
tool truthyou only add stone by subtracting the wrong stone
speedmarble forgives mistakes far less than wood does
survival rateoutlasts bronze, which gets melted for wars
negative spacemichelangelo claimed he just freed the figure inside
for instance
michelangelo's david — one 17-foot marble block, finished 1504
mount rushmore — four presidents, 60 feet tall, dynamite and drills, 1927-1941
easter island moai — nearly 900 stone heads carved from volcanic tuff
lascaux engravings — predate paint, scratched into cave walls 17,000 years ago