[Jewelry making - Article 00753] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] A Conundrum

[Benjamin Mark]

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    Here's the thing of it... and I don't mean to be waxing
    philosophical on you all... but... if it's made of gold and has a
    diamond in it and it hangs on a chain around your neck... and it's
    decorative by your standards... is it jewelry? Well... what if it's
    not gold... or any other precious metal... and it does not have a
    diamond in it... or any other gem for that matter... but it still
    hangs around your neck and it's still decorative by your standards...
    is it still jewelry? If not... why not? 

    What if it's just a little doo-dad you found on a forest floor one
    day ... a bird's claw for instance or a bear's tooth... and you took
    a liking to it ... and you tied a piece of string to it and hung it
    around your neck... would it be jewelry? I say it would. But now
    here's a divergence. Let's go back to that diamond. If you took it
    off your neck and hung it in a rather fashionable way around a sash
    tied around your waist... would it still be jewelry? And if instead
    of that diamond... you took that bird's claw or that bear tooth off
    of your neck and tied to the sash around your waist ... would that
    still be jewelry. 

    We come to a juncture here my friends. There will be those who will
    think--as do I--that all this is still jewelry even when it ties
    around that sash around your waist because it's decorative and
    fashionable and tends to enhance the image you are trying to present
    to your friends. And there are purists out there who will insist that
    a bird's claw tied to a sash ain't jewelry no how and no way. 

    Let us... for the sake of this discussion... take the side of those
    that agree that it does not have to be gold to be jewelry... and it
    does not have to be worn around one's neck. A bird's claw will be
    fine... tied to a sash around your waist will also be fine.
    Jewelry... by any other name... is still jewelry. Following this
    irrefutable form of logic... I am going to present to you a
    magnificent piece of jewelry that was not only decorative and
    fashionable in its time... but also served a purpose. Can jewelry
    attain a higher level than this I ask you? 

    They were a fierce tribe of the Amazonian rain forest... and they
    possessed as it were... two souls. This is quite a gift for most of
    us have only one soul which we hold quite dear... for if we lose
    it... we can not--to the best of our knowledge-- replace it. The name
    of the first soul was Arutam... and it gave its possessor the power
    to kill. But not with impunity... for the second soul--
    Muisak--existed for the sole purpose of avenging the death of the
    one you killed. These are the check and balances of life my friends.
    For every Yin there's a Yang... for every plus there's a minus... for
    every head there's... well... you get the idea. 

    But the tribesmen liked killing... and they had to figure a way to
    evade revenge upon their souls by Muisak. And they did. They made a
    piece of jewelry of sorts ... I will not yet tell you what... but I
    do believe they wore this fashionable doo-dad hanging off of a sash
    tied around their waists. I'm not too sure about this part... but
    when you see it I am sure you will agree it's quite plausible. So go
    take a look at the image I am about to show you... and tell me if you
    think it's jewelry. 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Current Tidbits... and then click on it in order to view a rather
    innovative piece of jewelry... or is it? Hmmm? 

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com
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