Bonjour,
"Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste."
Charles Bauderie
Where does one discover one's tastes in art, fashion and the like? Is it predetermined, tied to one's cellular makeup? (There is validity to the effects of being right- or left-brained.) Possibly mine was evoked by the hours I spent at our grand Art Deco-style city library, nose deep in beautifully-illustrated books filled with fairies and castles, smelling of dust and daydreams. Oh, how I loved those days, immersed in a world of princes and chivalry and happy endings. Even today, I cannot resist the calling of a musty old bookstore -- if one can even be found.
[Gates Memorial Library], Photograph, ca. 1925; digital images, (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79588/ : accessed August 12, 2014), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Port Arthur Public Library , Port Arthur, Texas.
The jewelry I design often emerges with definite Art Deco or Art Nouveau characteristics. Is it that lovely old library shining through, or is it just the influence of that French ancestor of mine?
Is there something specific that influenced your tastes? I'd love to hear from you. Do tell...
Adieu,
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