desperate for a shot, the shells lounging around in my book shelves were fair game tonight. but what to do with mundane-looking shells? well, add a bead of pearl. that'll do, non?
itiofd, it's a pendant so i had to clone out the little gold bit. the pearl is real, a priceless possession given to me by my mother before she died when i was 21 and she was just a young woman of 39. i had always wanted to wear this pendant but she wouldn't allow me because she had this superstition (begotten from her ancestors) that pearls is synonymous with tears or tear drops, consequently heartache, and young single girls should not wear them. but she already could see that even at a young age, i had started to defy convention and beliefs. so she gave this to me along with a gold heart locket pendant that i don't know now what i did with it. must find it.
filling the frame is one of the elements of composition.
I have heard that superstition too. One of the sources of it was people not wearing their pearls to keep them safe and when they went to their box at the bank or their jewel case, they found they had disintegrated into dust. Pearls need to be worn because they "feed" from the oils in human skin and it adds to their stability and lustre.
I have never heard that before but it’s an interesting concept. I love this photo of your pearl and you have composed it beautifully with the shell, Vikki
Vikki, check a message I sent you in the Pig Group on Messenger.