[Jewelry making - Article 01521] - [Orchid] Sex and jewelry

[Lisa Orlando]

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>     Sex is used to sell everything. Why single diamonds out. It is not
>     a reflection on the desirability or attractiveness of diamonds how
>     it is portrayed in advertising.. By the logic displayed on this
>     subject, don't have sex so no one can interpret your behavior as a
>     result of you being influenced by the media. 

    Thank you, Richard. But, to me, it's even stranger than that. Most
    of the things the media uses sex to sell have nothing to do with sex,
    except in our crazy culture. But jewelry has almost always had
    something to do with sex. 

    So why don't we start another thread? When you make jewelry, or wear
    it, is Eros part of the impulse behind it? Always? Sometimes? Never? 

    As you might guess from the name of my "company," I make jewelry
    with sex on my mind. Archaic sex! Temple priestess sex! Jewelry
    intended to seduce! Jewelry intended to make the wearer feel like a
    Sex Goddess! 

    And why not? 

   Lisa Orlando
    Aphrodite's Ornaments
   By the wine dark sea...

    PS: I also admit to getting a kick out of some of the diamond ads.
    My favorite was "Thank you, Bob." Thank You, God!" Now that took a
    little nerve, given that a lot of people in this country re-elected a
    born-again president...  

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