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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.

4/27/16

OHBOYMOREJEWELRY

It's time for another update.

Red

Red is the color of extremes. It’s the color of passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger, and adventure. Our prehistoric ancestors saw red as the color of fire and blood – energy and primal life forces – and most of red’s symbolism today arises from its powerful associations in the past.
- colormatters.com

This here is high drama. The ring was a gift from RomAntiqueSoul. The long coral seeds were in an earring from Inheritance hauled there's goodies in there from Kathyhaul and even Patroness- the giant trade bead. Wow.

Simulacra
OK, that gorgeous faux pottery shard is by JBDRusticOrgainc. And you know I gotta stick in one of my Gobi Desert babies.

There's tiny lamp work babies by 4Ophelia which I've soldered right into the bar chain, how cool is that?

I feel like I should have more to report about my life. I'm boring.
I haven't been making julz lately though, I've been focusing on polybabies.

I've also taught myself the simplest of crocheting to make some interesting necklace cords, but I don't know, they're pretty wonky.

And now for some more mainstream cute for anonymous and any other monsters out there who can actually stand there and tell me primates aren't cute. Or any other mammals for that matter.

Cuz really? You don't thing this is ridiculously cute?

4 comments:

Rebecca said...: It's those doughnuts again! Nom nom nom. Hey, I am totally *loving* all the colour in your pieces at the moment. Swoon.; 4/27/16, 3:51 AM
Lorelei Eurto said...: Phenomenal stuff.
absolutely.
phenomenal.; 4/27/16, 9:54 AM
Unknown said...: Love what you did with that red thing! It's always a treat to see what you come up with :); 4/27/16, 11:44 AM
Louise said...: Adore that rich Moroccan red, stunning!; 4/28/16, 2:04 AM