Contrary to the everlasting marble, alabaster is a passing thing. Hesitantly passing, though, between the vegetal germination and the prompt visible fascination. The transparent roc, by diluting itself in light, appears to induce semi-transcendence.
Ronaldo Brito
Even opaque, mat and blurred, the alabaster unveils an inside, much like some defenceless organisms do. It is as if the stone lost its defences, depetrifying itself. The surface – its last defence – becomes translucent membrane.
Paulo Venancio Filho