"Of all the vision inducing arts, that which depends most completely
on raw materials is, of course, the art of the goldsmith or jeweler.
Polished metals and precious stones are so intrinsically transporting
that even a Victorian, even an Art-Nouveau jewel is a thing of power.
And when to this natural magic of glinting metal and self luminous
stone is added the other magic of noble forms and colors artfully
blended, we find ourselves in the presence of a genuine talisman."
Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception
on raw materials is, of course, the art of the goldsmith or jeweler.
Polished metals and precious stones are so intrinsically transporting
that even a Victorian, even an Art-Nouveau jewel is a thing of power.
And when to this natural magic of glinting metal and self luminous
stone is added the other magic of noble forms and colors artfully
blended, we find ourselves in the presence of a genuine talisman."
Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception