It is a piece of jewellery, so I wear it. I usually wear it on my right wrist. It is not of too mature a colour for me, nor made of a too expensive material—a suitable and exquisite piece of “decoration” for me. To trace it back from the beginning, it is also a reminder for me. Early in high school, I had thought of studying jewellery design in university. Father first brought this idea up as I was a bit lost, so I thought the suggestion was a good option for me. To get me more interested, we visited various jewellery retailers, from world famous ones to less reputable ones to unknown individual small studios. During the exploration, he got me this coral bracelet. Now I’m studying media, so the bracelet could signify as a memory of that time. And what about before that story? The coral bracelet may be a part of a larger coral reef, living in the sea at about more than one hundred meters deep and probably locates in the western part of the Pacific, around Japan or Taiwan. The coral reefs, as a collective, provide shelters for small fishes that eventually affect the ones humans can consume while sustaining a healthy underwater ecosystem. Amazing. Meanwhile, on the production side of the bracelet, it creates jobs for people. The sailors, the engravers, the retailers, the managers and so many people involved depend on this little piece of merchandise. This is, perhaps, one of the features of Capitalism.
March 6, 2017
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