Stone Art of Lew French Suru-Pa-Maerl

There was another way cool story on CBS Sunday Morning, it was about Stone Artist Lew French, and his practice of an almost unknown art. Unknown in our world anyway, but well know to fans of Stephen R Donaldson and his Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever books. In the first book, Lord Foul’s Bane, we meet Lena, a tragic figure in the history of The Land. She practiced the stone craft of suru-pa-maerl. This was a skill that some Stonedowners of The Land learned. This is a small bit of business in the books that shows up from time to time.…

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