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Caption: THE LIFE BAND AND THE TABLE ( part 4 ) #5ftinf #lifeband #rhodesweddingco
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Caption: THE STORY... ( scroll down to read )
As this is the last story in this series, I wanted to include something about the talented couple behind @rhodesweddingco who create these extraordinary & very beautiful hand forged pieces.
I thought about all sorts of massive life questions I could ask, but that somehow didn’t seem appropriate in the end, as what I’ve found by creating this series of stories is that it’s the everyday objects and thoughts; the things we don’t consider important, or the things which have just quietly stayed with us through the years which become part of the vital make up of life and how we choose to exist within it...
So I actually put together some extremely simple questions for us both to answer, as I thought it would be an interesting way to look at the significance which small things have on us...
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Caption: THE 10 QUESTIONS... SCROLL DOWN TO READ
1. If you could list 5 important sounds of life what would they be?
2. If you could list 5 important scents/smells of life what would they be?
3. If you could name 3 life objects what would they be?
4. On a desert island what would be your 5 favourite pieces of music?
5. What 3 films inspire you?
6. What object is a luxury for you in life, and one which you love?
7. What is your favourite food & your favourite drink?
8. What colour do you feel is you…( your base note as it were )?
9. Where is your favourite place to visit?
10. Where do you find peace?
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Caption: A selection of ANSWERS... SCROLL DOWN TO READ...
1. Me: The distant sound of seagulls
Jessy: the sounds of the ocean
2. Me: Cut, green grass in the rain
Jessy: The smell of soap left on Perry's skin after he's had a shower
3. Me: My son’s Teddy...I think I've needed it as much as him sometimes
Jessy: My old family film photos
4. Me: "Come Rain or Come Shine” - Judy Garland, live at Carneigie Hall
Jessy: Elvis Presley - "Unchained Melody"
5. Me: 1. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
Jessy: The Talented Mr Ripley
6. Me: My Table because it’s practical and beautiful and I can see everything much clearer from it’s point of view.
Jessy: My camera because it allows me to capture moments to later revisit
7. Me: A boiled egg with white toast and salted butter & English Breakfast Tea
Jessy: Raspberries & coffee
8. Me: a sort of aqua/celadon blue with some element of sky blue
Jessy: rust
9. Me: The Lake District...near Lake Windemere, to feel the memory of who I was and who I am.
Jessy: Michigan, to see my dad
10. Me: A quiet, cool church with a high ceiling, terracotta tiles down the aisle, wooden pews... and beautiful, unobtrusive choral singing.
Jessy: with someone I love
( there are all the answers over on my blog at www.5ftinf.com )
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Caption: ( this is Jessy's photo with her camera...)
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Caption: Life... So much inevitably makes up the picture & pattern of our lives: likes, dislikes, possessions, people, places, senses and memories...
...and my life band somehow feels like it completely holds all this together...
The next few photos are some of my memories which all hold a special place in my life...
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Caption: And these 5 women also totally inspire me...from Left: Judy Garland, Willa Cather, Barbara Barondess Maclean, Phyllis Pearsall, Betsy Blair
( you can find links to them all on my blog www.5ftinf.com )
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Caption: THE ARRANGEMENTS... ( scroll down to read )
I’m aware that throughout these posts about the lifeband that I have managed to miss out how much I love my work; my painting, photography... and general creativity, focusing more on influences, but it’s these influences which fuel the creativity and my way of life...It’s the important people and personalities in my life and the senses and places which support it, so in creating these images over the last few weeks I hope my love for what I do has been implicit.
This week I wanted to include bits of my life within the arrangements & I thought I could maybe do this in a mini film...it proved a bit fast moving, so later I focused on a mini film dedicated to the life band itself as well as some still life...
But this first one features me, my car ( or a toy very like my first car! ), Coventry, where I was born, London, where I studied, and Brighton, where I now live...and also a momentary appearance of my son aged 12 months!
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Caption: ...and The 'Life' in the lifeband!
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Caption: THE RING... This lifeband has been a real gift in every sense of the word & if you wanted your own very personal ring to celebrate life with all its ups & downs please have a look @rhodesweddingco life band page on their site www.rhodesweddingco.com/life as you can order your own Life Band celebrating personal memories, hopes and who you are, inside and out...
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www.instagram.com/rhodesweddingco More on the blog at:
www.5ftinf.com &
www.rhodesweddingco.com/life