Day 11 · the man's side
The Law of the Presentation — the Colors on the Wall
His weapon
The livery and the mark
His post
At the gate, where strangers form an opinion
The charge
How a man's work shows itself is part of the work. Clean tools, honest bid, straight posture, a name plainly given. This is not vanity; it is a signal to the men deciding whether to trust him.
First he endears, then he exhibits. A house that displays before it draws is admired from a distance and left alone.
The watch — what it looks like when he skips this day
Good work in a shabby wrapper, and calling the market blind.
His oath
“My work will be as presentable as it is sound.”
The other side of the mirror
On the women's side this same day is The Law of Presentation, and its stone is Opal. Same law, same order — she strings it, he sets it in stone.