Old China Patterns

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1. Maman A Droit
   09/25/2010 at 1:51 pm

   I love the small paintings-so sweet, and I like the idea that you could carry a masterpiece around in your pocket. Personally, I collect little boxes, like the silver one you once had. I have dozens, like largest about 4″x6″, the smallest about 1″ round. They are made of wood, porcelain, brass, and even plastic (a tea container from a company who shares my name, although unrelated). Most of them are worthless, although the Limoges and Delft ones might be worth a little. Growing up I stored my small treasured in them, and some of them are still full of buttons, beads, & foreign coins!

   I agree that these small things are apt to be overlooked and underappreciated. There is just something special about their smallness and delicacy, I think.

   On another note, I love your blog. It feels like “real” writing, something that can't be said of most blogs including (usually) my own! Very refreshing, and reminds me to continue aspiring towards excellence rather than settling for mediocre writing of my own.

   Maman A Droit,

   And isn't there something about collections that's special, too? When “collection” and “small” are combined, it's almost irresistable. I've done a little china collecting over past years, and there's nothing I love like my demitasse cups and saucers, or the brush vases from chamber sets. And of course collections of smalls are more practical, just in terms of space!

   I love your idea – the masterpiece in the pocket. I wonder if the people who used to carry pocketwatches used to feel that way about them? Some are so beautifully engraved they truly are little masterpieces, like pieces of scrimshaw.

   I am appreciative beyond words for your comment about my blog. When I began, I knew I wanted to accomplish at least two things. One was to use the blog as a platform for writing ~ whatever that meant. The other was to be as honest and personal as possible – not in the sense of making the writing always about me, but letting my personal convictions inform my writing.

   Now that I think about it, those two concerns are two paths toward a single, overarching goal: “real” writing. That you've even used the phrase tells me I've taken at least a step or two down that path. Thank you.

   Linda