@hollyr.eth

Framedl 2026-08-04 1/6* In metalworking, chasing is to drive detail into metal from the front, hammer and punch, refining a form you feel more than see. Ghiberti spent 27 years chasing the gilded bronze 'Gates of Paradise' for Florence's Baptistery, panel by panel, cognizant of a vision that outlasted his own youth. Michelangelo said they were fit to be the gates of heaven. Slow awareness, driven into metal. Hint: @sub

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