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I started saving the paper I use to mix paint for the Symbols jewelry I make and using it to wrap up orders. Thought it could be fun to share my process with those buying the work.
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It was my birthday this week, and to celebrate it I planned a picnic in the park followed by a walk to the beach to watch the solar eclipse. The picnic was a blast! I managed to get my friends from all over together in one place - it was so fun! I also made my first pinhole projector and it worked! What was really neat though was that we didn’t even need it at times. There was so much overcast, that it created film over the sun that allowed us to glance at it straight on.
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Finally made it out to Iko Iko in March. What an incredible place! It’s really special - the objects themselves and the way it’s curated - and the owners Shin and Kristin were a delight to meet.
“Point is, what’s so wonderful is that every one of these flowers has a specific relationship with the insect that pollinates it. There’s a certain orchid that looks exactly like a certain insect so the insect is drawn to this flower, its double, its soul mate, and wants nothing more than to make love to it. And after the insect flies off, spots another soul-mate flower and makes love to it, thus pollinating it. And neither the flower nor the insect will ever understand the significance of their lovemaking. I mean, how could they know that because of their little dance the world lives? But it does. By simply doing what they’re designed to do, something large and magnificent happens. In this sense they show us how to live - how the only barometer you have is your heart. How, when you spot your flower, you can’t let anything get in your way. ”
-John Laroche, Adaptation
I posted this a couple years ago after I had just seen the movie. I remembered it today, and looked it up all over again.
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Got the Sight Unseen printed publication in the mail a couple weeks ago. It’s beautiful and there’s some really good stuff in there.
