<< the lesser artist in order to hide the [censored] and dings would mix the chiseled dust with bee's was and fill in the dings and [censored]. So to be sincere, is to be "without wax." >>
ah, been reading Dan Brown?
perhaps there is another interpretation of that phrase, too: The Lost Wax method of casting a new form.
No, folklore picked up when studying Latin and Greek during 9 years of seminary study.
Liked the idea of another interpretation. Probably not however.