It is the stories.
Sometimes they are your stories and sometimes they are mine.
But truly, behind every piece of jewelry I design, or every piece of jewelry someone purchases from me or even elsewhere, there is a story. I love the stories.
Sometimes I like to TELL my story. But sometimes it’s easier to show it.
Awhile ago I was invited to share my story about my struggle with depression to a group. Out loud. In front of real people! Probably one of the most difficult things I have ever done. In preparation…I wrote my story down. All of it. From the very beginning.
Sometimes I like to TELL my story. But sometimes it’s easier to show it.
It was hard. Like really hard. It made me relive a lot of memories. Memories I would rather not linger upon. Memories better left buried.
The entire time I wrote, the story kept playing itself out in visual form. I live in the visual… so it makes perfect sense.
I began to sense the need to design. The need to create. I wanted to make something.
Something tangible.
Something visual.
Something that would SHOW my story rather than just tell it.
