The whole jewelry-making thing seems to have taken over my life this week. I blame Marie Antoinette.
I finally got around to watching it a week ago, and… it’s just so pretty. Girly and pastel-coloured and gorgeous. (More than that, I really loved the film itself. I’m not really surprised; I heard a lot of complaints about it, mostly from people who thought it was “weird,” but the things they hated—the soundtrack, the lack of dialogue—were the same things that drew me in.)
The point is, I’m inspired. It happens every so often, when the right movie comes out. Moulin Rouge was probably the last one. I find myself completely, thoroughly smitten with costumes and set design, and the whole look of a movie, and it takes over my aesthetic sensibilities for a while. Watching Marie Antoinette when I’m already thinking along those lines… well.
So this past week, I looked at the different jewelry courses that the local art college offers. I’m too late for the current session, of course, but I have an idea of what it’ll cost next year. (It isn’t clear if there’s another class that starts in January, but whether I can take it then, or if I have to wait until next fall, I’m good.)
(I also depressed myself by looking at the theatre department of the university I used to go to. Back when I was there, I swore up and down that, once I finished my BA, I was going to go for the costume diploma offered by the theatre department. Of course, I was so miserable there that it never happened. The two-year diploma program is now a four-year degree program. I’m still kicking myself. I’ve been playing “what-if” all week.)
Still on the jewelry front, I ordered two books (reference, I swear!) that’ll help move me in the direction I want to go. And I actually bought some supplies. Not much—my tastes are more expensive now than they were the last time I was seriously into this stuff; well, not more expensive, precisely, but I’m not as willing to buy lower-quality supplies—but a few things.
Granted, since I’ve been so preoccupied with jewelry, the writing’s suffered. I did join one more group, but… I’ve given it a week, and it’s really not the one for me. It irritates me more than anything else. I’ll be quitting that one later today, I think.
