It’s a new year all over gain. It’s the beginning of one more cycle of our continuity.

Resolutions aside, what’s the best way of starting it? Dates and events will be repeated, seasons will replay and we’re still the same. It’s up to ourselves to provoke change where it want it. Little adjustments to our attitude might go a long way.

The new year can be exciting if you look at it as new opportunities that will rise where you can to shine through. Or it can be a dreadful feeling of deja vu where you expect nothing new to come of it and feel trapped in a loop.

Like someone once told me, we need only to resign ourselves of the past. You only can’t change what has already passed. Everything else deserves a fighting change. Don’t limit yourself. Don’t resign yourself to an endless loop.

All your power lies in your attitude. The way you face the world around you is more powerful than might you think. It affects everything. You change the way you see yourself, the way you deal with others change, the way others respond to you changes, opportunities change.

At first it might hard to shift to a more positive approach. Just remember, whatever your insecurities are, others have them too. Everybody is flawed. It all comes down to how we deal with it and if we let it overpower us. Everyone has value, so let others see you.

Don’t be afraid and embrace who you are. Polish your positive side and don’t obsess over the negative. Focus on what you want and how you’ll get it instead on what you can’t have!

Have a great year!

Well, I don’t have the skills, the means or the money for such an ambitious plan (if you do, then please go ahead and do it!). But I have this site and I write whatever I want here! So, I finally decided I should interview and write a little something about some jewelers I like and find.

I already have a few people in mind for that, now I just need to get everything together!

And I think I might start to make some sort of weekly post featuring some interesting pieces I come across on the flickr. I’ve just recently been exploring it there and I’m finding a lot of amazing jewelry!

Ever since I was a small kid, I loved to draw and paint. It was always a big outlet for me. But as much as I loved it, after that year, I didn’t feel this was meant to be my career!

By now I was a bit drained of it, juicing it out full-time for a year. And I finally gave into trying out jewellery for real, and entered school. As my mind shifted a bit away from drawing, and much more from painting, as I felt I need a break from that. Other than the random doodles, I haven’t did anything significant or meaningful in about 3 years now.

A while back I started missing that outlet, as I needed something to express my emotions and thoughts again. And it hit me, am I stupid? Am I just going to just throw to waste this talent, something that had always been so innate in me? I can’t afford to lose it! And I know that if I don’t use it (and work on it), it will eventually fade away.

So, I’m back trying to develop this thing further!

I like working with metals and making jewelry out of it. But then, lately, I feel like the end result is just something superficial and materialist! I don’t want to work everyday on something that leaves me feeling guilty for not be doing something more meaningful.

While searching for meaning in this, I could view it as a gift that will be memorable for someone. But that doesn’t really push my buttons.
Or maybe that, it’s a piece that will make someone else feel good about themselves, or beautiful while wearing it. But I kinda shrug to this.
It’s not that these aren’t valid reasons. They are! It’s just not what drives me.

How can I do this, if I myself don’t understand the “why wear it” in the first place (beyond vanity)? I guess, sometimes, I need everything to have a deep meaning…

I’ve been wanting to make this website more personal and less of a static portfolio.
Jewellery isn’t my identity, so why should my website be all about it? Let’s change that.
I want the website to reflect more of who I am.

But then, what is my identity? What’s my image? What is it that identifies me?

Since I can’t seem to figure it out, I won’t put up a front. I’ll just try to show as many of my facets as can. I’ll contradict myself if necessary. I’ll try to be brave on stepping out of my shell of comfort.

This is the goal.
Let’s see how it goes!

I plan on making some occasional posts on finished pieces and talk a little about the process and final impressions.
I’m hopping to update with some new pieces at the end of September once school gives them back to me.
Also, through out the year I might write some “in progress” kind of post of what I’m working on at school.
And perhaps some random thoughts on the subject once in a while.

Well I’ve got the plans, now it’s all a matter of putting all of them into motion.
But until school starts at the end of September, I’ll just try to enjoy the rest of my vacation!

Thanks for visiting!