Patina

I have tales that want to be told but they need to be accompanied with a few pictures. Therefore, I am still impatiently waiting for my media card to be shipped to me. The longer it takes to arrive, the more apprehensive I get that it will be lost in Canada's unreliable postal system. In the meantime, saunter over to my friend's Etsy shop and check out all of her adorable vintage finds :

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74356478/art-deco-gold-teardrop-mesh-dangly?ref=em

I did my own perusal of vintage goods yesterday in Kitchener and was quite marvelled at the assortment of vintage hats and other trinkets. I love looking at the craftsmanship and aesthetic beauty of a vintage item. They are the embodiments of our past and are our passage ways back into the bygone eras. In the Elizabethan era, goods were consumed so they could be owned as heirlooms for future generations whereas now our consumption practices are based more on the focus of individual ownership. Our consumption practices are quite synonymous with our changing of values within the social and cultural transformations of our society in which the present is valued more than the future, and the individual over the collective. I am stopping now before this blog turns into a Communications essay.

ps. This blog was written outside on a beautiful day. Please see picture below.

Yours,

P. xo.