detail of Cavallini's angel
I am utterly inspired right now by the new blog COLETTE van den Thillart and Nicky Haslam are writing. A recent COLETTE entry- A WING AND A PRAYER started me thinking.
Now-You may say, Here We Go.
Well Yes.
come along.
photograph NH Designs
Collette talks about a recent shop acquisition and the co-opting of classic symbolism into massively mass production-she puts it this way concerning : "Wings, like skulls, have become by and large cheap clichéd symbols of our time" CvdT This console, acquired by Nicholas Haslam Designs- wings and all- Is 18th century.
photograph NH Designs
So there-
The Wings.
The prayer would be- to host on high-that it was Mine. No, it was not to be. It was scooped up by lofty Haslam clients immediately.
Along with the Wings everywhere, Skulls must be dealt with. What does it all mean? Wings? Skulls? The motifs are ever present in Momento Mori imagery from centuries past telling the earth bound "Remember your mortality."
Embraced in our Youth obsessed world today-unusally enough- it is easy to dismiss them as Trend. Fashion. They will be Out and the next big thing is In.
I do have a little skull here and there.
I embrace.
I would definitely have this-
I spotted this Delfina Delettrez ring about 2 years ago.
So don't shy away from a gorgeous skull, it has been knocking about since-
Pompeii
&
Sophocles
“Let every man in mankind’s frailty
Consider his last day; and let none
Presume on his good fortune until he find
Life, at his death, a memory without pain.”
Sophocles
& so it is with Wings,
Pompeii
&
yes, snakes- (the next "big" thing.)
Pompeii
Pompeii had it all- everything, it started there & never stopped.
we grasp at something new, undiscovered.
it had all been done -B.C.E
& I mean everything darlings,
& I'm not talking about jewelry -
but they had that too-
I would have this in an instant & I would wear it with my
Delettrez skull.
Delettrez skull.
Are you on Trend or are you already into snakes?
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