[Jewelry making - Article 00366] - Re: [Orchid] Trying to Educate Customers

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>     It has occurred to me that if I didn't have to spend so much time
>     worrying about what Suzie and her girlfriends are going to want to
>     bedeck themselves in next year [trying to see the next trend in
>     jewelry], I might have more time to be content." 

    my partner would see a widely copied design and ask why didn't i do
    the same design, my answer: "i don't reinvent the wheel." trying to
    guess what suzie and friends will want to buy next season probably
    isn't the route to contentment - you would have to live with a
    variation of what many other designers also thought suzie would want
    to wear. according to random house dictionary, "content: satisfied
    with what one is or has; not wanting more or any thing else." curious
    people may see being 'content' as desirable when they simply want
    the time to pursue their ideas without pressure. spend your time
    developing designs so different they will stop suzie and friends in
    their tracks. 

>     I have spent much time trying to figure why I'm different, not why
>     people don't want to be more like [me], but why I don't want to be
>     more like them 

    kim, remember why? they're boring, go around wearing teeny weeny
    pendants, always dashing out with the herd for $4.00 a cup coffee? do
    not ever design for them, always design for yourself! and don't
    forget - someone has to educate the customers!

>     I put in my time learning and I love it, so why doesn't everyone
>     want to do that too?" 

    because a lot of people learned everything they needed to know in
    kindergarten. they may call themselves jewelry people but avoid
    those people like the plague or you will find yourself designing
    teeny weentsy little pendants with a rose or dove engraved on them,
    hanging from store bought chains. 

>     The more I learn, the more I worry. The nightly news terrifies me 

    suggestion: watch the international news, from the bbc and berlin,
    on pbs, they soften and put a better perspective on the jagged parts.
    and you might pick up some pointers on what madam suzette will want
    for adornment next season. 

>     Sometimes, I would like to be "comfortable in my ignorance"...just
>     for a little while. 

    kim, you probably just need a little more sleep and 'oblivion'
    instead of 'ignorance' might be more comfortable. set a learning goal
    like decreasing the amount of solder with good results 

ive
who suggests: people, you've got lives, use them to the fullest.

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