ABSTRACT

Turning the corner to climb the stairs, I confronted a large one-eyed face hidden in the corner. Was it facing me? Unnerved by its intense gaze … it stared at me yet turned to the side looking toward the stairs. Perhaps the painted face belonged to a huge figure, also turning to climb another set of hidden stairs. The face fit within the corner, its profile tracing the sweep of the handrail, seeming to emerge from hidden depths of a colossal world within the walls (Figure 12.1).