What draws a man into an obsession or rather a love affair with sculpting underground cathedrals? To dig deep into the earth’s core and hollow out space for beauty’s sake. What a fascinating expedition on a deeply elemental level. To spend hours upon days, upon weeks, upon months, upon years until it becomes your entire life.  He is driven in creative solitude, digging with only hand tools, engulfed in the miracle of creation. Paulette mused, “The ancients dug caves looking for God.” Surely this must be his soul’s quest.

Seemingly an impossible human feat, who could muster this kind of stamina? Paulette regards his work as a dance.  His efforts, largely unrecognized (until recently), he has prevailed without fame or fortune because his passion and motivation  are not external but come from a divine source.

To most this strenuous work appears tedious and back breaking yet to Paulette he is mining a gift that is always present, if we have eyes to see and create space to be.  Through this process Paulette has uncovered his purpose and the desire to share a transcendent experience with others. He is unwilling to compromise and will not be swayed by outside influences. He views his art as a culmination and he hopes this gift “can be used as an instrument to connect people with the earth and their own inner sense of who they are.” Paulette lives in intimacy with his truest self, the Beloved, in union with God/Love. He now invites us into his inner sanctuary.

Liz Sorensen Wessel