fanciful devices: Randoms, more rafflage

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.

10/28/14

Randoms, more rafflage

Look at all this mess I listed.
Paralian. Rustic lariat with graduated art bead pendants.

Papa y Mama. Rustic assemblage victorian tribal double strand lariat vintage antique gypsy.

Dirty Snow. Rustic Victorian tribal lariat in ivory cream.

Paralian. Papa y Mama. Dirty Snow.
Dwale. Rustic tribal organic lariat in shades of brown and russet.

Wayward Lover. Rustic Victorian tribal lariat in white.

Aubade. Victorian tribal lariat in pale blue with celluliod bird and chandelier crystal.

Dwale. Wayward Lover. Aubade.
Sabaism. Iridescent rustic assemblage lariat necklace.

Order and Harmony. Rustic assemblage art earrings with white enameled plaques. 47/48

The Silent Figure. Rustic shoulder dusters with salvaged tin and Nepalese coral and turquoise beads. Long statement earrings.

Sabaism. Order and Harmony. The Silent Figure.

Have I mentioned I'm nuts for lariats lately? Can you tell?
Now look at these babies:

The next prize, this ring, goes to: Darlene Fortier! Please etsy convo me to send me your address.

I want to share random things from Tumblr now.

(via)
brokendildo: "my friends cat had surgery and now he has no pants"

No, but really, I'm obsessed with this cat and his naked belly and drumstick haunch.

(via)

Don't know if you can tell by the randomness but I got my period, got back to Zumba and feel ten billion times better. Also I've discovered chia seed pudding, the easiest to make healthiest thing ever. I might live on just chia seed pudding from now on.

(OK, it's not the most beautiful stuff. Photo.)

4 comments:

Emmanuelle said...: Hey fanci-chia-zumba-wonderwoman, that pudding looks terrible indeed, but why not. Though I did taste some bread containing chia seeds and I thought it tasted like rotting vomit (yes that's a thing) so I probably won't give the pudding a try. :)
Your stuff is gorgeous as usual. I just keep drooling.; 10/29/14, 5:21 AM
TesoriTrovati said...: What if I see Marilyn Monroe with a mustache? ;-)
Lovely, all of it. I am on a long necklace kick myself. Can't stop making them. Made one last night that by accident converts to short as well. Double the trouble in my book. Love the ring! Great bits poking out there! Always a treat to stop in and see what you have been up to! Enjoy the day, Erin; 10/29/14, 10:56 AM
RomAntiqueSoul said...: So I saw Einstein even though I'm near-sighted, then I remembered I have my contacts on so I crossed my eyes to make my vision blurry (thank God the thing they tell kids not to cross the eyes or they will stay stuck like that is true or I would have been cross eyed for a while now. Then once I was cross-eyed for a sec I saw Marylin...Am I weird? Oh well...

Also you should totally try to make vegan chocolate beet cupcakes, they are so yummy and healthy (or at least healthier than normal chocolate cupcakes)...

http://minimalistbaker.com/fudgy-vegan-beet-cupcakes/

These guys make the most delicious yummies and they are SOOOOO GOOD! I'm gonna try some of their pumpkin recipies tomorrow....I can't get enough of pumpkin stuff this month and I can't keep eating Dunkin'Donoughts or else... O_o; 10/29/14, 5:35 PM
Angi in hana said...: My internet was down one week as recent hurricane messed up our wires, so fun to visit your blog and read all your pms stuff, wait till u hit menopause, I am in the middle of it and having out of body shit going on for years now, everyday lately I am fighting off the urge to kill my husband and feel like I am going to jump out of my skin, it is so much more insane than I ever realized it would be, just started homeopathy hormones so I am waiting, we are so cursed! F--- em' is all I can say, love all your recent jewelry, u are so freakin' talented, now I know why, u come from some really smart parents! That is your secret for pulling all this great creative stuff out of your brain! Aloha, angi in hana(and menopause hell); 10/30/14, 12:26 AM