Maybe it's just me, or maybe english is my second language; but this sentence has a tone of irony. One would think that a skillful artist would not use an axe as their tool of choice. So, it seems the intent of this sentence is to suggest that an artist can be SO skillful, that he can use a tool as coarse as an axe to create something beautiful. But this only reinforces the notion that hacking at something is an extreme act, and not the norm of skillful activity.
Look at some of the amazing things people do with the blunt object known as IA32.
Jimen Ching (WH6BRR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tim Newsham http://www.lava.net/~newsham/