Do you live your life willy-nilly? Waiting for opportunities of love and fame and wealth and whatever your heart's desire is to land at your feet? Or do you go out and make life happen? Take control. Get into the driver's seat, your hand on the stick shift. Actively identify what you want, take that risk, make the jump and reap the rewards?
It's a few years old, but read this Wired article on synthetic diamonds. It excites me like no tomorrow. These diamonds are exactly the kind of representation self-made men and women should support. Not only their technical possibilities and what their technical implementation makes a possibility, but their truth in expressing the "American Dream" on so many levels.
"Real" diamonds do not mean true love. How many wedding rings have been cast unworn because of "true" "love" "forever"?! How much marketing and branding and myth-making has happened to make that happen? Does/did a diamond make me love him more? (Well, maybe if he had ever given me a diamond I could say, but that's another story. And no, I don't think it did. I am not so base to base my love based on a purchased item.)
My right hand diamond will be, like me, created through human direction, with innovation, extreme creativity and cleverness. It will represent the creativity, energy and effervescence that is Heathervescent. And it will not be torn from the bowels of this earth destroying the landscape and lives in the tearing. It will come from machine, hand crafted, carefully created with intention. It will be reckless.
Damn Girl!!! I could not have said it better!!! That is sooo perfect! Holy shamoly. Gemesis couldn't ask for better ad copy. I think you need to contact their PR dep't, not me. I haven't done so yet, but this is exactly the message we need to get out there. Sheit, my LEFT hand Diamond will not only represent me as you described the right hand one, but that is also a fitting description for the sort of man worthy of showing such commitment to...
"My right hand diamond will be, like me, created through human direction, with innovation, extreme creativity and cleverness. It will represent the creativity, energy and effervescence that is Heathervescent. And it will not be torn from the bowels of this earth destroying the landscape and lives in the tearing. It will come from machine, hand crafted, carefully created with intention. It will be reckless."
Posted by: Pinky the First | November 26, 2005 at 12:40 AM
How about artificial diamonds for retractile implants IN your fingers, instead? Diamond rings are so conventional. Commercial too, right or left hand. Diamond rings could never make me happy. But diamond claws can help you reap the rewards even better.
Posted by: gloria | November 27, 2005 at 08:12 PM
Welcome to the Diamond Age! I am so down with the diamond implant claws. Watch out Ramez Naam.
Posted by: heathervescent | November 28, 2005 at 10:49 AM