{"product_id":"tidal-wave-earrings-by-pia-murphy","title":"A Beautiful and Strange Otherness Earrings","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003e\"In a sense, I meditated on the pearls for a few weeks, a soft sort of thought gaze. I wanted them to speak to me, to tell me what they were or what they could be. What began to emerge were both human and animal forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eThe first was a crouching, skeletal figure, the second was a four legged, long tailed lemur shaped animal. The human eye came next and I felt like the eye was me, my eye.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eThe title \u003cem\u003e'A Beautiful and Strange Otherness' \u003c\/em\u003eis a quote from human ecologist Paul Shepard, which I came across whilst listening to author Francis Weller discuss the idea of communal grief. What he meant by the feeling of grief towards our natural world resonated strongly with me. It’s so hard to live with idea that our modern way of life seems to rely on the degradation of nature, but with grief comes love. In the end I want to express a deep love and curiosity for nature.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThese earrings are shown with Pia Murphy's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/wintering-tree\"\u003eWintering Tree\u003c\/a\u003e sculpture, available separately.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pia Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41533643817018,"sku":"PMTW001","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/8753\/files\/PMTW001_B.jpg?v=1784632900","url":"https:\/\/www.piecesofeight.com.au\/products\/tidal-wave-earrings-by-pia-murphy","provider":"PIECES of EIGHT GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}