What do you do this holiday? Clients are confused. Some of them quite privileged and unwilling to be garish and tacky with an exuberant and yes expensive holiday party. This economy is sure hard to swallow. Seems almost unreal coming off a decade of such amazing advances....such conveniences. No Catholic guilt here....just looking for a way to see the good in a world gone mad.
I say berries. Fake and real, styrofoam and plastic, from the vintage store or from the craft store. Thread them on the chandelier and be sloppy about it. Nice and asymetrical. Up and around your favorite mirror or piece of art, or bend them around an existing wreath for a whimsical accent. By the way, if you use real ones from your yard, or the local flower market, they will last "ok" for about 2 weeks. If real is what you crave, wait until the 12th or so to do the decorating and prepare a couple of weeks later to be sweeping and vacuuming like a mad person.
My apartment, outside of a charming little tree, is decorated with red berries. Red red red. I found that a simple arrangement or two of red flowers and lots of candles (ringed with red berries of course) was indeed an elegant and lovely approach.
It is indeed a time for reflection as stories of insecurities and fear temper the joys of a season whose true meaning is often obscured by such difficulties, and clouded even more by the wreckless acumulation and giving of....stuff.
Berries are fruit for the birds, a metaphor for the future, So with the garlands and sprigs of berries in hand, think of the future that lives bright in all of us. We are gonna make it. Innovation and our hard working spirit demands nothing else.
Happy Holidays to all of you.
John James
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