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Cat Jewelry Freeing The Inner Feline
"Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring
nature, cajoling, haughty, and capricious, difficult to fathom. They
reveal themselves only to certain favored individuals, and are repelled
by the faintest suggestion of insult or even by the most trifling
deception." - Pierre Loti
Ah, where to start? Cats are among the most celebrated creatures of
literature. They're domesticated and at the same time wild, loved and
at the same time hated. They stand for stealth and mystery, the power
of silence and secrets. And cat jewelry is a testament to that power.
Even before Halle Berry popularized the Catwoman, and before the
sleek, sassy villainess ever graced the pages of DC comics, cats were
being worshipped all over the world. The way the cat moves, the easy
grace and mysterious stillness fuels the imagination and fires up the
senses. Bast, the ancient Egyptian cat-goddess, was a wild goddess who
was generous in good humor, and ferocious in ill. To kill a cat in
ancient Egypt was to call down the wrath of Bast, and was not only
considered an act of evil, but a crime against the gods.
To compare a person to a cat is to give credit to his/her
capricious, languid, underhanded nature. Cats will only do as they
desire, not as they are told. Loyalty is something they only bestow,
not give out of a sense of obligation. At the same time they are
affectionate to those whom they have chosen, work with reasons they may
not disclose to anyone, and perform incredible tasks with absolute
secrecy. Sending a person -- especially a woman -- cat jewelry as a
gift would serve as a tribute to these special traits. Wearing cat
jewelry would aid in fostering an image of mystery and an instinct for
the refined.
The endearing nature of cats has been immortalized not only in
classical literature ("The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, to name two of many) but also in
modern literature, like TV shows and comic strips. We have Garfield and
Heathcliff on our Sunday papers, and Top Cat and the Thundercats in our
(all right, kind of outdated) Saturday morning cartoon lineups. Cats
have been preserved in so many artistic forms -- why can't jewelry be
among them?
Cat jewelry might be popular among children, especially little girls
who love kittens and probably raise cats of their own. Young women may
also appreciate the extraordinary sleekness of the feline motif, and
feel especially sexy wearing something so in tune with their sensual
nature.
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