‘Return of the Old Ways’ This piece was initiated by my sense to deepen the relationship with story telling through carving. It began with a need to contain expression into a flat piece of wood . Like a thick piece of paper that was drawn up with an immediacy. Very spontaneous, no thinking and just witnessing life energy make sense of a moment in time. This took not more than ten minutes to draw up. I liked the Natural flow, forms, and balance it all contained. The meditation of then cutting out the lines with chisel. Day after day. No need for power tools on this particular piece. It reminded me of ancient forms and expressions created by my Ancestors. I’m proud of this piece ‘Return of the Old Ways’. Appreciating the tens of thousands of chiselled faucets that exposed the definition of a picture that was relieved from within. Knowing too that AI could not produce this. Unique, centred, balanced, charactered and spirited.