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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.

7/15/15

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Get 'em while they're hot!

I'm not even going to add individual pictures of these. I feel like you get the idea.
Oh I finally listed these.
Invisible I. Cosmic Victorian tribal assemblage choker necklace.

Invisible I. Cosmic Victorian tribal assemblage choker necklace.

Invisible I.
What took me so long? Idk, feels hella weird to list something you made 2 years ago.
Lights. Cosmic rustic iridescent assemblage collar necklace.

Lights. Cosmic rustic iridescent assemblage collar necklace.

Lights.
Also having lived with them for a long time and featured them in a book, they feel extra important, like they're imbued with so much more of my energy than other things.
Well, that made for a short post, hu?

Have a picture of my mom's cat looking all seductive.

And my dog, happy and goofy as always.

And of course, some gifs.

What a lot of ginger cat. Have some geko.

Random things that made me laugh:

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—  I took the one less traveled by,  And that has made all the difference.“
-Robert Frost

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Tumblr, the gift that keeps on giving.

(PS, I'm obsessed with the show Sense8 on Netflix. In case you were looking for your next binge. OMGsogood. Also I just got avocado coconut ice cream from Whole Paycheck. They were having a deal. Yum. Also, my workouts have been going really good! I can punch myself in the abs now and get this flat sound where before a light slap would get a "boi-oi-oing." So that's new. Though I tried to lift a kettle bell the other day, the smallest they had, and I almost died. Just sharing.)

2 comments:

neshuma said...: Wait a minute. I need to climb back into my chair after seeing the words {horse dong} here. Also, I'm *so* totally in love w/ that pygmy marmoset...; 7/16/15, 2:22 PM
RomAntiqueSoul said...: Love the earrings of course, LMAO at the essay extension, I truly didn't see it until I read it a second time.

Sens8 is like a fuckin' drug...I can't stop watching that show, even when I have a ton to do...

I think I'm trying to catch up on year of never watching TV...
Random, but I gotta a free class at this Orange Theory thing for working out...today...so wish me luck!; 7/20/15, 12:08 PM