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“I painted it around, I guess, 1993 when I met Don Freed [her boyfriend] for the first time. He said, ‘How are you?’ And I said, ‘Undervalued.’ [Laughs.] And I was. I was very frustrated because the normal outlets for getting your product marketed in my business, those doors had been closed to me, and no one could give me a reason why….So my work was being rejected, whereas mediocre work was being accepted and elevated on the basis of newness and youth and, you know, obvious mercantile speculation ran in that direction. So, rather than physically cut my ear off, I did it in effigy. [Huge belly laugh.] I’m not that stupid.”
– from ‘I Sing My Sorrow and I Paint My Joy’ by Deirdre Kelly, Toronto Globe and Mail, June 8, 2000

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“You are sitting in a candlelit restaurant when you hear a strange noise [sfx-open] and the walls are instantly covered with jagged shards of golden light.

You hear another strange noise [sfx-close] and the jagged shards of light are gone.

Murmurs of wonder flood the candlelit restaurant.

[sfx-open] The jagged shards appear on the walls again, dancing in unison to some silent music that only they can hear.

[sfx-close] And now they are gone.

The crowd applauds this unexpected delight. Smiles are beaming. Teeth are bright.

[sfx-open] More jagged shards. More golden light. [sfx-close]

No one notices the man at the table in the middle of the room, staring at his tablecloth, lost in thought. A woman emerges from the shadows behind him. Startled, he looks up, drops to one knee,

[sfx-open] and the golden shards of light dance fast and bright across his face and hers.

And then they kiss. And the candlelit restaurant explodes in applause.

[sfx-close]  A tiny little box sits empty on the table.

Flickering Firelight diamonds™, available exclusively at [Name of Jeweler]”

- Roy H. Williams, Sept 5, 2022

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