Words

Over the years I have developed special links with certain words. I am dedicating this post to those words and while I can't even think of hardly any of them now, I will add to the list below as time goes on. Please click on the little symbol to hear the word's pronunciation.

hi·ber·nate
fluc·tu·ate
in·cu·bate
sub·stra·tum

....Delectable Delectability

My new favourite word is 'delectable'. I am not sure what it is exactly about this word that fascinates me so. Somehow it looks like deletable (I am not even sure if that word exists, but it is supposed to come from delete and able). Then the pronunciation reminds me of (Hannibal) Lecter or even detectable (both quite un-delicious). Yet delectable, to me, speaks finesse, exquisite taste, out of the ordinary, not of the usual kind (a word no to be thrown around all over the place) and the dictionary says:

de·lec·ta·ble (d-lkt-bl)

adj.

1. Greatly pleasing; delightful.

2. Greatly pleasing to the taste; delicious. See Synonyms at delicious.

n.

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de·lecta·bili·ty, de·lecta·ble·ness n.

de·lecta·bly adv.

More Words

This is another excerpt from my favourite book which I need to not forget:

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life, the outer forms, tend to improve greatly. Things, people, or conditions that you thought you needed for your happiness now come to you with no struggle or effort on your part, and you are free to enjoy and appreciate them - while they last. All those things, of course, will still pass away, cycles will come and go, but with dependency gone there is no fear of loss anymore. Life flows with ease.

Dreaming Jewelry

I supplied some images to a new jewellery book, coming out in January 2010, a few months ago. Then I forgot all about it and now they sent me a preview of the pages with my work and I am very very happy with both the layout and the selection. But what interested me above all is that they placed me in a section entitled 'dreaming jewelry'. This intrigues me. What is dreaming jewellery? Jewellery from a dream or for a dream or based on a dream?

This is a strange coincidence, also, because lately, for the past few months or so, I have been dreaming like mad. Most of all the dreams, fully loaded, are very clean and neat, involving all sort of scenarios and ideas, but they feel good, like old thoughts, emotions and ideas are being washed out of me. I would also say that I sleep really good!

The Last 3 Pieces

The last three pieces have been photographed and the work is free to roam the Earth. Perhaps I am done working for this year and I can now enjoy the nothing-ness of the days to come.....(and continue expecting the unexpected)

'Hadal Realm': More Additions

A bit of time, some elbow grease, a pinch of imagination, clay and some materials and we have some additions! I took my time with this work and I think it shows. If you have any questions regarding materials, availability, stockist, etc, then please email me.

About the work: These pieces are part of my Hadal Realm collection. The Hadal Realm, also known as the Hadal Zone, is the deepest part of the ocean. I am comparing this place with the human subconscious mind and find that the two have far more in common than you may suspect. It is the vastness in both that fascinates me, along with the quantity of stuff that is collected and stored in its 'darkness'. Everything we see, smell, hear, do, think, and whatever else we encounter through any of our senses, is stored in our subconscious mind. It is all there, perfectly in tact.

QUOTE

If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within, secondary reality without.