To blessed to be stressed

Forgive me Father for its been several weeks since my last confession. Actually it has been alot longer then that ,but my hope is that the hour I spent at the gospel tent at jazz fest will assuage the need to cleanse any more then a I already have. I am not really too geared up about it, but been being in good graces never hurt. There was a time in history when the clergy had some of the best jewelry around. Pope innocent X was strong in the bling department. Perhaps thats why Velazquez and later Bacon did some painting of the guy. I dont think he was beatified, a la John Paul. I am delighted JP is getting some votes. Anyway, at the moment I am feeling a little like Noah, fleeing the floods with the animals. I am not so sure that I am that holy, however there are a lot of animals in my car and the Mississippi is in the rear view mirror. I hate leaving, here is something so right about the tenor of New Orleans to me. I was recently told that I was too blessed to be stressed by a 300lb woman in a Childs medium white terrycloth sweat suit, as she eyed my burrito. I think she was right. There is so much good Juju out there and I am thankful for every bit of it.

Jazz fest was really not as good as I feel it has been in the past, but the gospel tent was AMAZING. The truth is that I have not been making alot of jewelry for the line. Most of the recent work has been for custom pieces. I am delighted that some clients have given me the opportunity to create some fab pieces for them.  For some reason turquoise has been the stone I am working with alot of late. There is a mine in Arizona called sleeping beauty, and it produces the cleanest most beautiful rough this side of Persian Turquoise. Its is a little more porous, and now it is gone. The mine will be closed for environmental reasons, so go out and buy all the rough you can get. I am going to make some turquoise and Ceylon blue sapphire pieces this week, accenting a bit of yellow gold. Perhaps a three tiered drop, and some cufflinks for myself. Why not? I am a jewelry collector too folks. I buy coral most of the time, but it feels like a blue week. In honor of the floods in Louisiana and the Delta. I hope we all realize that the Blues was born in the Delta. Vicksburg and Tunica, Indianola, Clarksdale all mean alot to the world as a nursery of the only American artform. Blue it is. Ok turquoise, but that is a shade of blue. Did miles Davis do an album called Shade of Blue? Included in this confession, otherwise called a blog, I include a recently finished piece of turquoise and ruby. I am very Happy with it, and more importantly so is the person I made it for. Everything I make for someone I make as well as I can, yet the client is the final arbiter. I am a people pleaser. I hope y'all like the image. Hallelujah.