I came across this quote from Oscar Wilde today:
Be yourself, because everyone else is taken.
I’m not a celebrity. Did you know that? Probably, I would think…
I’m not Sandra Bullock, Audrey Hepburn, or Norah Jones. I have an aging Honda, not a Ferrari. I’m nobody unusual, and I will probably never grace the cover of InStyle magazine, or attend the Oscars.
I’m just Kaelin- jeweler, metalsmith, and Mom. So why should you care about me, or what I write?
Because I’m passionate, and I want you to be passionate as well. I want you to look on the world a little happier, and to feel more amazing because of something I’ve written, or because of something I’ve made.
There’s probably all kinds of hubris in that- but that’s why I write this blog, post to Facebook, and do all my other “social activiities”. I want to help people feel special, elegant, beautiful, and unique.
Do I think Jewelry and metalsmithing is going to save someone’s life, or cure hunger? No. But I think that there are many people who don’t feel confident enough, or happy enough, or special enough to break out from the mold and be themselves. And that is what I want to change.
I’m probably never going to change the whole world , or the outlook of millions of people- but I think I can change the outlook of at least one person. And that is enough.
A great quote. Oscar Wilde was an interesting guy. A bit ahead of his time unfortunately, but he definitely had a handle on the English language. I still remember as a kid seeing his play “The importance of being earnest”. A little too formal for todays audience I suspect.