So I have decided that her shoes just cannot seem to fit me,
and I have thus concluded that for now I will capture what I see in her eyes
and it appears to have helped as I seem to have found my direction towards what
I know I want. I feel so passionate about this narrative I am trying to create
through spoken word and jewellery, as it depicts and is an expression of voices
which have long been contained. When I began the research I never contemplated
this direction and interpretation of the bridal jewellery theme I had been so
fixated to. It is not just about the happiness, joy of a dream realized and
having one’s Cinderella; it is about pain, the tears, the betrayal and the
dream stolen/ destroyed which is the reality for some women in marriage.
As much as this is not the picture portrayed about the
marriage covenant, this has been and is the reality for millions of women all
over the world. Maybe my narrative will not erase that reality, but it will
however reflect the unspoken tears muted by cultural/traditional and religious
expectations.
