Now, Richard and I have been watching the craziest show on Discovery called Oddities. Have you seen it? It is an antique store called Obscura that sells morbid, creepy, and gross things. Things like teddy bears made of belly button lint...that one literally sent me over the edge, coffins, cool carnival stuff, and stuff more horrifying...they seem to get very colorful people in as well. It is a trip. If you haven't seen it, check it out. It doesn't disappoint, but you may spend time hiding your eyes.
So, after thinking about this show, I wanted to think of my own oddities I have seen. I don't have any, although I think some are cool, but do I really want a taxidermy llama in my living room? No thank you. But, my mom has somethings I would consider odd. She used to have a mermaid from an Aztec tribe that had no shirt on, and she hung it from the ceiling. That was odd...I remember when we were little, friends of ours helped us put a bra on her. Hilarity! She also has a mourning quilt framed.. yes, mourning as in someone died. It's really pretty. It has initials on it, and is stitched on silk from like the 1800's. Really pretty.
Have you ever seen Victorian mourning jewelry or pictures? You might consider this morbid, but the Victorians thought of it as a way to remember their loved ones. Think about it. Did they have photos and videos of their family once they died? No. So they remembered their family by taking locks of their hair and turning it into art. Doesn't sound quite so weird once you know why they used it right??
Here are some pretty examples of mourning jewelry, like pins and brooches... I find it very beautiful. Now, would I wear one? No.
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What do you think? Too strange? Strangely beautiful? Let me know!