"Artist"

Just for the sake of novelty, one of these years I'd like to experience the problem of having too much light in a photo.
The following is what happens when you shoot  in the darkness of another stormy Chicago day and try to fake it with Photoshop.

 So yeah I put this honkin' faux-mercury-glass piece in a necklace for Patroness since I realized she had all these combining elements in beads large enough to compete with the honkin' triangle.

 Although it seems wrong to use these particular white hearts as just any beads. Look at them all ancient and crackled. They should be alone on plain cord so as not to distract from their majesty or something. Believe me when there's light and you can actually see the details, there's majesty. Majesty a-plenty. (That's my new band name.)

 Threw together these babies to combine with the above, with Patroness's (Patroness'?) own greybird and Happyfallout bits. Look how well they combine! Without overpowering. Simple.

 In the spirit of throwing together, made two more pairs without overthinking. Just cuz I had bits around and I was around and round and around....

I like these for their fat stacky-ness. Also the asymmetry. Also the fact that they came together just like that. A thing to ponder: the better (also more expensive) your supplies, the less you really need to do to make them look good. Your job becomes not fucking them up, which is a whole 'nuther can o' worms. But so at what point are you just an assembler? Sometimes I feel like an assembler. I guess my arting comes in when I gather the bits... But sometimes I see all this fine art jewelry in people's pinterests and fuck I feel like a grubby little fuckwit. Like I should be putting way more time into each piece. Though in honesty I like my outcomes, so why do I feel this way? Like I should be more of an artist. Yeah, that's it- like I should be more of an artist. How silly is that? I need to go back to Uruguay for more theengs. At least then I feel original for using stuff you can't just order off etsy.
Look at this picture:

It's not four pictures but actually just one, see:

There's even a video of how the artist put it together bit by bit.
See? That's innovative, that's art! No? How about this guy pouring salt:



Both found via.
And now don't we all want to dwell on what loosers we are and how we've done nothing with our lives? I do:

This is why they tell you never to compare yourself to anyone. Damn you, Motoi Yamamoto and your adorably humble, self-effacing smile. And damn you pinterest.