{"id":19186,"date":"2014-12-03T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19186"},"modified":"2014-12-03T11:50:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:50:44","slug":"cavernous-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/cavernous-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavernous experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The intimacy of the moment<\/p>\n<p>created a decade before<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">the peace and the quiet<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and what was the mentation<\/p>\n<p>and his real \u00a0contemplation of more<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>behold in the mouths of the giants<\/p>\n<p>in the rock forms existing below<\/p>\n<p>there are miracles waiting to happen<\/p>\n<p>in the mind of the few they do grow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">Rob Paulette a man on a mission<\/span><\/p>\n<p>to \u00a0work with his hands and his heart<\/p>\n<p>to carve out a place a livable space<\/p>\n<p>where ten years ago he did start<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">just a few favourite hand tools<\/span><\/p>\n<p>for scraping and shaping<\/p>\n<p>and a concept of \u00a0purpose and soul<\/p>\n<p>900 hours \u00a0of the deepest of feelings<\/p>\n<p>a meditative state on a roll<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>with his dog by his side<\/p>\n<p>and that pure resonation<\/p>\n<p>chipping away a kind of salvation<\/p>\n<p>the mind and the eyes and the hands<\/p>\n<p>and the heart<\/p>\n<p>creating a new world<\/p>\n<p>right from the start<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a forty foot tree<\/p>\n<p>gyrations and more<\/p>\n<p>arboreal splendour<\/p>\n<p>all \u00a0in the raw<\/p>\n<p>apocalyptic in so many ways<\/p>\n<p>and an epiphany<\/p>\n<p>for all his days<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>he calls them<\/p>\n<p>his wilderness shrines<\/p>\n<p>for he knows<\/p>\n<p>they open up feelings<\/p>\n<p>just look how it shows<\/p>\n<p>in his \u00a0face how he clearly is moved<\/p>\n<p>by it all<\/p>\n<p>its like underground sound<\/p>\n<p>from each \u00a0great sandstone wall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>like a new age caveman<\/p>\n<p>he resolutely<\/p>\n<p>hammers away<\/p>\n<p>and with time<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">\u00a0we can see<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the pyramid factor<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">the love of the stone<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the feeling of the darkness<\/p>\n<p>and of being alone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>of bringing in light<\/p>\n<p>and colour to show<\/p>\n<p>and painting the sandstone<\/p>\n<p>the lily you know<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>gilding the edges<\/p>\n<p>attracting the light<\/p>\n<p>his magnum opus<\/p>\n<p>within his sight<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>as a magician<\/p>\n<p>he&#8217;s weaving his spells<\/p>\n<p>opening feelings<\/p>\n<p>each cave dig sells<\/p>\n<p>more inspiration<\/p>\n<p>more integrity<\/p>\n<p>to a project so mindful<\/p>\n<p>and his alacrity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>purposeful decorative<\/p>\n<p>heightening so<\/p>\n<p>the concept of light<\/p>\n<p>to far down below<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its magical meanings<\/p>\n<p>meandering there<\/p>\n<p>livable art<\/p>\n<p>with so much to share<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a freshness of sculpture<\/p>\n<p>in a most ancient place<\/p>\n<p>an archaic world<\/p>\n<p>it has to be faced<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The spring of the being<\/p>\n<p>the timelessness, he<\/p>\n<p>unlocks from rocks<\/p>\n<p>so auspiciously<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>theres a build up<\/p>\n<p>its ongoing and showing<\/p>\n<p>great worth<\/p>\n<p>onwards and upwards<\/p>\n<p>but within the earth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the work is momentous<\/p>\n<p>a credit is due<\/p>\n<p>its a new permanence<\/p>\n<p>its good and true<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>unceasing effort<\/p>\n<p>bewitched he be<\/p>\n<p>converting bare rock<\/p>\n<p>to a great symphony<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>contoured and scraped and shaped<\/p>\n<p>how it does grow<\/p>\n<p>into a masterpiece<\/p>\n<p>that takes on a glow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>of genius of \u00a0chance<\/p>\n<p>and great melody<\/p>\n<p>empowering the spirit<\/p>\n<p>to walk aimlessly<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>to s<span style=\"color: #444444;\">ee the perspective<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">the emptiness too<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and the ramifications<\/p>\n<p>of now what to do<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the roomage the windage<\/p>\n<p>the \u00a0great boundless sphere<\/p>\n<p>the space that we have<\/p>\n<p>that just didn&#8217;t appear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>till he carved out \u00a0a door way<\/p>\n<p>and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #444444;\">from end to end<\/span><\/p>\n<p>saw the ultimate rainbow<\/p>\n<p>that he called his friend<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>his new abode<\/p>\n<p>his hill station where<\/p>\n<p>he created chambers<\/p>\n<p>and was then aware<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>in the bowels of the earth<\/p>\n<p>cave dwelling could be<\/p>\n<p>possible<\/p>\n<p>even a bathroom we see<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>tiled and with water piped into<\/p>\n<p>the place<\/p>\n<p>where sunbeams and raindrops<\/p>\n<p>together might chase<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rob found his paradise<\/p>\n<p>deep in the earth<\/p>\n<p>he carved out his future<\/p>\n<p>creating such worth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>creating real estate<\/p>\n<p>which wasn&#8217;t his quest<\/p>\n<p>but a side line in any event<\/p>\n<p>he confessed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by the Rio Grande river<\/p>\n<p>is where he be<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444;\">digging and shaping<\/span><\/p>\n<p>his own history<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intimacy of the moment created a decade before the peace and the quiet and what was the mentation and his real \u00a0contemplation of more &nbsp; behold in the mouths of the giants in the rock forms existing below there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/12\/cavernous-experiences\/\">Continue reading <span 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