Tell The Story of Self Love

Hello!
Tis the Sunday after Christmas. I hope you had a holiday filled with warmth and love.

I am drinking my morning tea while I look out onto my back porch. I am reflecting on the events of the past week. It was strange, eventful, overwhelming, and satisfying. A stew of chunky emotions bathed in a thick broth of fun.

A generous dash of technology and a spoon full of creativity left me feeling warm and connected.

Can you tell I have been reading cookbooks?

I was gifted many beautiful books this year. I LOVE books! My particular favorites are on the topic of art (with lots of pictures) and cooking (with lots of pictures).

Note: I also adore the ones with no pictures. I just finished reading The Overstory by Robert Powers. I highly recommend. You will never look at a tree the same way again.

Books have the power to awaken and make possible, the impossible.  

My partner gifted me a beautiful book discussing the history of jewelry, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in NY.

‘Jewelry: The Body Transformed’

It Begins…

“Jewelry was the first art form, entering the archaeological record tens of thousands of years before cave paintings and sculpted figurines. Adorning one’s self competes with language and the creation of tools as markers of humanity.”

I know! I had no idea either... The book (which features a generous two hundred of the eight thousand pieces that are on display at the Met) goes on to discuss jewelry’s place in proving identity and status. Jewelry’s ability to represent a person, a family, or a nation. It’s strong presence in our many fables and stories and its un-breakable relationship to the body.

These are ideas I am diving into now. I see jewelry in a more meaningful way. It has had a larger impact on humanity than I knew. I have a recurring thought that holds me back in my work. A thought that keeps me from creating.

The words my inner censor whispers in my ear...

“Jewelry is frivolous, unnecessary, and glutenous. You should be doing something more important with your time.” This is untrue and a block that I am working through. 

The jewelry I create has the potential to represent something bigger than itself. A person, a memory, a future, a commitment, an honoring, an intention. A tangible reminder of where we have been in life and where we want to go. A symbol of the story we want to tell and the intentions we are celebrating.