fanciful devices: More Sneakies

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.

These mofos keep getting by me! I tell my self I'm not gonna make anything, I insist I really mean it this time... next thing I know, I'm frustratedly editing photos and trying to think of tags.

The Hidden Explanation.

It's hot as a mofo today and this mofo's gonna see how many mofos she can fit into each and every mofo-ing sentence.

Cosmogyral Nepheliad.
I guess that's better than yesterday when my inner monologue had a speech impediment. As I wrote in a convo, "I'd weawy weawy wike it to end. It's vewy weiwd. It's wetawded."

Also, wanted to share a convo gem from Sparrow. She wrote, "Is it just me or is there something a bit 'giant vagina and her little penis minions' about this thing:"
Followed by a link to this->
Vintage faux damascene patterned chandelier pendant X 1

Vintage faux damascene patterned chandelier pendant X 1

To which I could only reply, "Never in my life would I have thought it possible to agree that anything was a bit 'giant vagina and her little penis minions'... and yet, there you go."
(My dad was just telling me he liked my previous post more than any other, though it may've been a bit dumbed down. This ought to balance things out.)

6 comments:

Spirited Earth said...: LMBO ..these are lovely,even if giant Vj and little P ish..
love ,love that druzy necklace,
B E U tiful; 6/8/11, 4:20 PM
Flotsam Tide said...: These mofos are just wonderful. I love The Hidden Explanation.... such balance and grace in simplicity.; 6/8/11, 11:04 PM
Mary Harding said...: I love the way you combine elements in your necklaces. A visual feast.; 6/9/11, 2:53 AM
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steufel said...: Oh my - just love them!; 6/9/11, 4:08 AM
Penelope said...: I call it like I see it! And I am so beyond in love with the crystal on that Hidden necklace.; 6/9/11, 8:58 AM