In order to
create the beauty of the diamonds, they need to be cut and polished. When it is cut, a cutter has to decide which
part to keep. When polishing, s/he cuts
little by little to shape it, and finish by buffing the surface. Usually, cutters focus on making a good
shape. However, we keep in our mind the
image of taking out the child of the
lights which inherits in each rough diamond.
It means
that the essence of beauty is already in the rough diamonds. Putting into a good shape doesn’t make the
beauty, but we help it to come out from the stone.
As a
result, it will have a beautiful shape.
I think
this is same to paintings or sculptures.
Before seeing the external beauty or pulling things into shape, one has
to face the sacredness of the stone or woods in front, which is invisible. If the artist is only focusing on the
external beauty, the work will be vain and empty.
