Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.
--WB Yeats, "Sailing to Byzantium"
My coveted bauble of the week is this fabulous, foot-high Gladiator Raven from Anthropologie. Maybe it's not hammered gold and gold enamelling, but the patina and quirky textures in this piece should satisfy any ephemeraphile with $648 to spare.
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The chemical symbol for the metallic element gold is Au, taken from the Latin word aurum meaning 'shining dawn'.
tags: Mackenna's Gold, Jose Feliciano,
"Hey, if our eyes could access the infrared part of the light spectrum, the sky would be green and trees would be red. Some animals see in completely different ways, so who knows what colors look like to them. Nothing is really how we perceive it." -Wendy Mass
I just saw a commercial peddling gold coins, going on and on about how the price of gold was soaring above $1300 per ounce, and showing this fancy glinting well-lit shiny gold coin and telling everyone the cost of gold meant the $50 price could only be guaranteed for 7 days.
Coolio! Hey, I got your painting back from the framer! Wait'll you see how it looks! I'm gonna post a photo both at PhysioProf and DrugMonkey. w00T!!
[grabby hands] Loff eet!
Fabulously Steam Punk. I've been getting into this sort of thing in a major way in the last year. What's not to like? :D