fanciful devices: Frenzy

A Stone Is Nobody's

A man ambushed a stone. Caught it.
Made it a prisoner.
Put it in a dark room and stood guard over it for the rest of his life.

His mother asked why.

He said, because it's held captive, because it is captured.

Look, the stone is asleep, she said, it does not know whether it's in a garden or not. Eternity and the stone
are mother and daughter; it is you who are getting old. The stone is only sleeping.

But I caught it, mother, it is mine by conquest, he said.

A stone is nobody's, not even its own. It is you who are conquered; you are minding the prisoner, which is yourself,
because you are afraid to go out, she said.

Yes yes, I am afraid, because you have never loved me, he said.

Which is true, because you have always been to me as the stone is to you, she said.

Russell Edson

FAQs

1. Are you a Southeast Asian dancing girl from the 1800s?

No, sorry to disappoint. My avatar and banner images are from an ancient book I found in the depths of my grandmother's cabinets. More on that here.

2. How do you make everything look so old?

First, you need a good oxidizer to brush on every bit of metal you can reach. I'll tell you all about it here.

Then there's this wax. I first mentioned it here. You'll have to scroll down a lot.

3. How can you be so productive?

I'm insanely obsessed and I have no offspring. I do nothing else- I don't have a day job, I don't clean my house or cook, I spend all day in pjs, often completely abandoning personal hygiene... I only interact with other humans when I walk my dog. And I like people! But I prefer dogs.

And I'm sloppy- but I make that sloppiness work for me.

4. Any tips you'd like to share?

No! Except for these 16 posts about techniques and this one about how to find your aesthetic.

5. Would you be offended if I took some inspiration from your designs?

Well, I'd be happier if you outright copied them.

No really, imitation is how we learn. I have enough ideas to go around. And even if I don't- please. No one's going to do this obsessively enough to threaten my business. (Probably.) I learned by copying others and I've seen others copy me as a step toward developing their own voice. So feel free. (I'd love if you tossed me a link in my comments, so I can feel like a proud momma.)

6. What do you look like?

Why, what have you heard? Really? Wow.

10/12/10

Frenzy

I have to be less frantic in my making. I'm making myself crazy. The next few days have to be about housekeeping. In the meantime, here's some more stuff.
I wish there was a way to take good pictures at night. On the other hand, this one looks sorta 70s-ish.

Another neat snippet from the same book I've been getting all this recent found poetry.

A customer loved my other heart necklace with veins and green book board, so I made her another.

Does it look like the old one?

Hmm, might even be better... Hope she likes it!

If the World Goes On. Soldered Bookboard and Sacred Heart.

On a side note, I had to turn off my favorite CD in the world (MIA, Kala) yesterday while soldering. On one song she goes "Aa-uwwww" and when he hears that, my dog starts howling so plaintively it breaks my heart. Once when he was exhausted, I had that CD on and on my way to the bathroom, I saw him splayed out on the guest bed- howling while lying on his side!

7 comments:

stregata said...: That first photo is soooo intriguing! Can't wait to see what it becomes.
Your dog is probably just singing along...; 10/12/10, 11:02 PM
Spirited Earth said...: these are wonderful..
and your dog is a music critic; 10/13/10, 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...: hey your blog design is very nice, clean and fresh and with updated content, make people feel peace and I always like browsing your site.

- Thomas; 10/13/10, 3:15 PM
*Debi* said...: Oooo love the new stuff (and the remake of the sold piece)!; 10/14/10, 2:42 AM
fanciful devices said...: well thank you guys so much, thanks Thomas- my first MALE commenter! I had no idea this made people feel peace! Thats... wonderful! It makes me feel pretty wonderful, too.; 10/14/10, 11:05 AM
Penelope said...: Ah see- I knew you'd do something nut-crackingly good with that star.; 10/14/10, 11:32 AM
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