I concluded that the author is an outsider (to craftsmanship) looking through the glass at an accessible insider (grandfather). Whether the grandfather was, or

I concluded that the author is an outsider (to craftsmanship) looking through the glass at an accessible insider (grandfather). Whether the grandfather was, or would consider himself to be an insider, we can’t glean and don’t know, respectively. It’s a sort of longing piece, and that’s OK, but not what I expected going into it!