The Able Mason
Having taken a hiatus from PMB to "rethink himself", Browning returns with this uncompromisingly 3 fingered ( middle finger of left hand, v or "peace sign" on right hand) dismissal of narrow beardedness - the struggle against which, the followers of PMB make their daily toil.
In typical firebrandish tone, Browning told us, "As PMB has grown, its principles of beardery have disseminated futher and wider and while these have been received gladly onto many a face across the continents, they have also come into conflict with some of the more conservative elements in mainstream beardery. We're told, 'You can't work in a paper mill with a beard like this, you can't come into this supermarket with a beard like that.' People need to be able to see the beard, but also to see beyond it. At PMB we've grown up with the philosophy that a beard is both expression and mask and we've had enough of people saying, 'That's a bricklayer's moustache, oh well, you must be a bricklayer.' Maybe this bricklayer's also a dancer, or a javelin expert. We've got to persevere with beards that teach the obstinately narrow bearded, that this can, and often is the case."
To promote that message, Browning gives us, The Able Mason. Cult goer by night, wolf whistler by day, this is the art of expecting the unexpected; this is the geometry of biggotry. One fears however, that the subtly of this lesson in beardery may be lost on precisely the narrow bearded conservatives that Browning hopes to reach. Nevertheless, PMB and Browning will fight to the end, "People say you can tell a lot about a man by his beard, well I've decided to wear my beard on my sleeve."
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