The ring pictured above is the result of a project assigned in an Intro to Metals course I recently completed. I have a thing for Spike Lee films. The ring I constructed out of copper is a reference to a scene from his film "Do The Right Thing". BIll Nunn as Radio Raheem. I love this scene and the rings are dope. He gives this great speech on LOVE & HATE. I started thinking about how humans tend to go to the extremes to describe our feelings for each other, and that regardless of how strongly you feel about someone that doesn't determine how they feel about you.
I thought it would be comical to etch a a multi-syllabic word on a ring that sat somewhere in between love and hate. Now, of course I don't plan on getting into any fist fights ever in life, but theoretically if I were to hit someone with this piece of metal it would do some serious damage. But it says, INDIFFERENT, so why should that cause so much pain? It's not nearly extreme an idea as love or hate.
It took me some time for me to grasp this concept, but the process of constructing this piece helped me get a handle on some personal feelings I hadn't previously taken much the time to deal with.
This is the illest...Will. You should definitely wear that ring around all the time.
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