pearls

madameshawshank · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: pearls

have recently seen an exhibition on pearls at the museum in Sydney..

this quote from Fellini: "All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography."

WHAT a thought!

read a piece today about Jackie Kennedy's necklace...went for thousands of $s ~ not real pearls at all...the power of a name Wink

in the blink of an eye I can picture all types of pearls...the gems of the sea..'n then there's that giant pearl we call the moon..

that oh so magical pearl....keeping an eye on us methinks..

any pearl stories?
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gingerpale · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1324

Sad short pearl story: I have always secretly stupidly hoped to find one in every oyster/clam/mussel I have ever opened.

Rainey · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject:

I bet that' an interesting exhibit.

I used to think that gems were boring. Of course, I was thinking of jewelry which has never been as interesting to me as beads. Then I went to the Minerals & Gems permanent exhibit at the LA Museum of Natural History. They show them to marvelous advantage in dark rooms where you can marvel at the diversity of their color and form in their natural state before you wander into the vault where they have precious stones cut to maximum effect. It's all just stunning from the geometric fractiles of natural crystals to the fragile tentacle-like forms to the cut and polished perfection of precious gems!

They may have a pearl or two among the precious gems. But nothing, I'm sure, like you'd have in your part of the world. I bet there's lots to see about the genesis and extraodinary specimen.
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sweetbabyjames · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 357

Gingerpale, your secret's a pearl. It's like a shiny little gingerpale gem. Smile

Barbara · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:

Me too Gingerpale.

Anyone remember the pearl diving scene in Tampopo?
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sweetbabyjames · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 357

I don't believe anyone else has seen Tampopo! Such a funny flic, and so obscure!

gingerpale · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1324

I today tried to put Tampopo on my Netflix list--but it's not on dvd yet! Sounds really good and really hilarious.

sweetbabyjames · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 357

...and I'm waiting for Yentl to come out on DVD. My favorite DVD for when I'm feeling down. I think Blockbuster has Tampopo though. Netflix rocks! Gingerpale, if you're interested, send me a PM and we can be Netlix friends to share movie recommendations.

gingerpale · Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1324

sweetbabyjames--how nice of you, but why keep our recommends to ourselves! I've never seen Yentl, should I?
I already have about 120 in my Netflix list, but Rich and I take turns. We hardly ever go out to a movie, Netflix has been perfect so far. I haven't even seen Brokeback Mtn. yet! We have many many to look forward to. Surely there's a "great movies" thread we can resurrect.

Rainey · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:52 am Post subject:

sweetbabyjames · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 357

Brokeback wasn't uplifting enough for me. A bit of a downer, but I'm sensitive that way. Yentl is a MUST SEE! It's supposed to come out on DVD some time in 2006. A classic, very powerful and feminist.

madameshawshank · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:59 am Post subject:

ah gingerpale...Brokeback...my fingers stopped typing for a while..still...that story....

when you do see it, take yourself to the Brokeback thread...and post away...I'll be delighted to chat...

am looking at the latest dvd pics from the video shop (we will soon have to call them the dvd shop!) Being Julia, and The Notebook (haven't as yet seen) Iris, and Sylvia ~ both seen and second viewing time

the language gifts those women gave us ~ complex deep and of the earth and beyond...

let's go to the movies...shall I start a thread?
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"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

madameshawshank · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:01 am Post subject:

oops! have realised there's not a mention of 'pearls' or things pearlish in my last post...

begging forgiveness ~ 'specially from the magnificently eagle-eyed Jude Wink

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"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

sweetbabyjames · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 357

Indeed, madame. And as for The Notebook, keep a box of tissue nearby! Crying or Very sad

simona · Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Posts: 696 Location: israel

SBJ, I do believe many have seen Tampopo. There was a thread about food in movies, or movies about food, and Tampopo was frequently mentioned.
As for Yentl, it's a wonderful movie. I'm not sure feminism is the main idea, though it can be called a feminist movie. It deals with a very big issue in Judaism: the interdiction of woman to learn in a Yeshiva, to become a Rabbi ( similar in a way to the Catholic interdiction of women to be priests and to conduct mass).
I haven't seen Brokeback either. Maybe after the war.

No more war.