Words to do and be by
I think what this is trying to say is that you should let the beauty you love be the things that you are doing for the love of the beauty and the doing, instead of just doing the things you do for the doing of the doing, without the loving and the beauty, which would just be beautyless doings of things.
And I think there’s a lesson in that for all of us.
January 26, 2010 at 4:36 pm
Is that do in the “let me do you” sense?
January 26, 2010 at 4:36 pm
lol…thanks Helen, for your interpretation, that cleared it all up for me!
January 26, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Are you sure it doesn’t mean the Queen is going to pass me that dooby? Because I don’t think it makes sense unless you’re stoned.
January 26, 2010 at 4:38 pm
For $42 I at least want a coherent phrase.
January 26, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Do beauty that you love, love beauty that does you, but more importantly, how many walnuts can it hold, maximum?
January 26, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Yu know i’ve had 3 glassses ofd wine,. and i think this id beautiful. i’m gonna cry.
January 26, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Glad there was an interpretation…I am much less confused now.
January 26, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Do be do be do…
January 26, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Hey…I didn’t know Miss Teen South Carolina was an etsy seller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
January 26, 2010 at 4:41 pm
No, seriously. I wish I were drunk.
January 26, 2010 at 4:45 pm
This only makes sense if the beauty you love is a person, and even then it’s still dubious.
January 26, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Would throwing this at the nearest hard surface and breaking it out of frustration count as doing the beauty that I love? Because that would very likely if I got this dish and even attempted to think about it for longer than two minutes without any booze handy.
January 26, 2010 at 4:45 pm
And a doo-bee, doo-bee, doo.
January 26, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I have had 3 glasses though. My tolerance is quite impressive since I started shop, er, looking on Regretsy.
January 26, 2010 at 4:47 pm
It truly could be an inspirational piece. I will buy it, hang it on my wall and be inspired everyday to not purchase over-priced shit when I’m drunk.
January 26, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Unrelated to this post;
I have just ordered a pendant from the vulvalovelovely shop. Ohgosh I am so excited!!
January 26, 2010 at 4:50 pm
She sure does like that crown stamper. It’s used in a lot of her wares.
January 26, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Sounds like a bad fortune cookie.
Doesn’t even get better when adding “in bed” to the end.
I need a drink. Maybe I’ll understand after a coupla.
January 26, 2010 at 4:51 pm
That is way too much philosophizing for a nut dish.
I’ll take the olives and cheese without the convoluted philosophical musings. I’ll have enough of those on my own after a few Creamy Glaze cocktails.
January 26, 2010 at 4:53 pm
My theory:
The only way to understand the meaning is to bleach your hair enough times to cause brain damage……
January 26, 2010 at 4:55 pm
So…no matter what I do, it’s beautiful? mmm’kay.
apologies.
January 26, 2010 at 4:58 pm
LOL IscreamUscream…”mmm’kay” love it.
January 26, 2010 at 4:58 pm
@ my #12 post: *that would very likely happen. Sorry, my brain imploded. Can’t imagine why.
#20. I think eating lead paint chips would be a more time effective approach. You may go bald before you reach the level of brain damage required to get what this seller is attempting to say AND be willing to pay 42 bucks for “inspiration” and a bland crown.
January 26, 2010 at 4:59 pm
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31416703
Baby, where I come from it is not acceptable to shit in one’s dinner chair . . . .
January 26, 2010 at 5:05 pm
It’s a line from a Rumi poem. A beautiful one, in my opinion.
“Every day we wake up empty and frightened
Don’t go to the study and pull out a book,
Take down a musical instrument instead
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are a hundred ways
To kneel and kiss the ground.”
Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks
That said, it doesn’t really, um, work in this context. Obviously.
January 26, 2010 at 5:06 pm
re #24 bloodorange I am not very good with language but it was my impression that a period followed a sentence. Is Toilette French for “here is the crapper”?
January 26, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I think the dish is adorable and would totally buy it if it said something sensible.
January 26, 2010 at 5:08 pm
I’ve never get how faux rocks with words stuck on them are “inspirational”
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37551717
This could be a PS competition if of itself
January 26, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Fuck it, I’m in love with everything in the seller’s shop. I guess I’m not cool enough for regretsy anymore. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39061689 salt and pepper cellars!
January 26, 2010 at 5:15 pm
well I am truly confused ..the caption says “carry on and keep calm” and the drawing shows a man either throwing up from fright or crapping his drawers…
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=39081261
January 26, 2010 at 5:16 pm
#11 CLG: i agree. i think the most sensible interpretation is the sense of “beauty” that means a person, and then it really should be “let the beauty you love be *who* you do”.
unless you’re in love with a blow-up doll or something. and then no amount of walnuts will help you.
January 26, 2010 at 5:16 pm
OH come on Bloodorange can say shit but i can’t say crapper????
January 26, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Sure it’s a bit on the corny side, but every once in a while I go for corny. I think it’s a beautiful shop with a *feel good* vibe.
I’d rather make fun of Who Flung Poo some more
January 26, 2010 at 5:19 pm
I think I would be inspired to buy a t-shirt with the crown stamp and “mmm’kay” on it.
January 26, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Ohhhh, “do what you love”. Now that makes sense. I still don’t get the crown…nothing says do what you love like monarchy.
January 26, 2010 at 5:21 pm
#28 lucyv: I think a lot of it is really cute but for the price of some of the pieces I would be a little nit picky. For example the rampant use of periods is odd. Clevercat I totally thumbs upped ya!
IscreamUScream, I always either laugh like a loon at your PS skillz or just totally agree with you.
January 26, 2010 at 5:21 pm
oh- i’m just getting confused now. 4th glass.
January 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm
#21 -Love the deuty on that plate, IscreamUscream!
Back to my WIF dinner, Wine is Food
January 26, 2010 at 5:22 pm
@ #28 No one said you have to hate. You can love anything you see here. I encourage you to buy the things you like.
January 26, 2010 at 5:23 pm
“Let the beauty you love be what you do…”
Does this mean I’m getting laid?
January 26, 2010 at 5:23 pm
you’ve inspired me IscreamUscream, here are my altered rocks…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27900808@N06/4308088434/
January 26, 2010 at 5:26 pm
IScream + Raz = good times.
January 26, 2010 at 5:29 pm
The seller does have some interesting stuff. This particular plate is too small for me to use for anything. For instance, I’ve got monkey bread in the oven right now.
I did ceramics with my daughters for a few years and we always hand-painted our stuff to avoid the stamped-on look.
However, this-
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19506177
looks like a handful of teeth to me, not hearts. Messed up teeth, but teeth nonetheless.
January 26, 2010 at 5:30 pm
This is a quote by world-renowned Sufi poet, Rumi.
January 26, 2010 at 5:34 pm
LOL Clevercat #29 — I think he’s gasping for air…but I like your explanation better
January 26, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Stalker Paraphernalia
January 26, 2010 at 5:39 pm
look! you can put your nuts in it!
January 26, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Yes, this is a quote from a Rumi poem, but I don’t think Rumi was thinking “future pithy nut dish quotation” when he penned this poem.
January 26, 2010 at 5:50 pm
I’d do the beauty I love but he died a year ago. RIP Heath.
Necrophilia isn’t out of the question here, is it?
January 26, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Raz, Sudabaki
January 26, 2010 at 6:02 pm
It makes sense if you realize the dish is so shallow that only an anorexic could find the nourishment held within to be sustaining, so then the ensuing wooziness might help one to discern meaning from the garble.
Probably not.
January 26, 2010 at 6:11 pm
I think I might do the beauty i love this afternoon at 3pm
January 26, 2010 at 6:11 pm
#51 HelenaHandbasket: I think the seller should send out a card with your explanation on it.
Also, love your Pickles Oblong avatar/gravatar whatever they’re called nowadays (I’m technology retarded). I’m still trying to figure out the secret to changing the one I originally picked after many hours of figuring out how that worked to begin with (I’m not only technology retarded, but just got a username today after watching this site for months.).
January 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm
aaaaaaaa afternoon deliiiighhht!
January 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm
#47 flare look! you can put your nuts in it!
Your wish is my command…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15639141@N02/4307451541/
January 26, 2010 at 6:17 pm
I’m sure his walnuts will fit in the bowl too.
January 26, 2010 at 6:38 pm
IscreamUscream & razberries, here are my inspirational rocks. Sadly, my dog was dyslexic.
http://twitpic.com/zxtrm
January 26, 2010 at 6:45 pm
For $42 USD, does it come with a handmade gift certificate for the Olive Garden?
January 26, 2010 at 6:52 pm
#30 clevercat :
well I am truly confused ..the caption says “carry on and keep calm” and the drawing shows a man either throwing up from fright or crapping his drawers…
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=39081261
Looks to me as though he were bending over to kiss his ass goodbye.
January 26, 2010 at 6:55 pm
I think you should love beauty before you do it or it is just lust. Beauty is as beauty does. So do be do be do.
January 26, 2010 at 7:08 pm
#53Red-thanks. Pickles is certainly a role model for the ages.
I think if you go to your Gravatar account, and then click on My Account, a pull-down menu will offer the option to Add An Image (or something like that). Chose “From My Computer”, and you can replace your avatar with a saved image from your hard drive. Sometimes, you will have to Empty Your Cache (delete cookies/history) in order for the new one to show up. The change also doesn’t appear immediately sometimes.
January 26, 2010 at 7:12 pm
#61 Helena: I know she’s my role model
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Thanks for the help. I actually did it, but it wasn’t showing up for awhile like you said. Whenever that happens, I always assume it’s me who did something wrong. It appeared after a closed my browser and then logged in again. Thanks again!
January 26, 2010 at 7:18 pm
V&EDD- lol to your rocks
Iscreamuscream, your rocks rock
January 26, 2010 at 7:35 pm
I like the seller’s cellars…erm yes, that’s right…and some of the dishes. Everything else falls into the category of things I call dustables.
January 26, 2010 at 7:46 pm
If it’s from a poem, quote it directly. Or come up with something original. I dig those cellars, though, but my kids would use them as food fight ammunition so that ain’t gonna happen.
January 26, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Geez, having worked at an “inspirational” business, I’ve seen this quote used so many times that it’s not strange or funny or anything anymore. It’s right up there with “Be the change you wish to see in the world” and “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” In fact I’m SO dulled to this quote that having it on a dish with a crown seems very creative.
January 26, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Here’s the whole Rumi quote: ‘Let the beauty you love be what you do; there are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth.’
January 26, 2010 at 9:00 pm
omg this just makes me want to go out and kill hippies.
January 26, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Also. If you write something in French, that doesn’t equal instant cool, okay? It doesn’t. A room sign saying Chambre de Bebe is still JUST AS LAME as one saying Baby’s Room. Either way, just follow the howling and the stench of infant feces to find where darling baby’s room is.
January 26, 2010 at 9:20 pm
The beauty love and i want to be doing is probably doing somebody else. Its 3:18pm and i’m waiting to be doing the love with the beauty but i suspect is walnuts are loving another bowl right now.
January 26, 2010 at 9:21 pm
er….”his” walnuts
January 26, 2010 at 9:28 pm
@ Emilycorazon–I like that quote just as it stands. Funny, it must be the plate that I hate.
@blondeweezie–yeah, I immediately thought of a rough flight:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4307817445_682d8c3da6_b.jpg
January 26, 2010 at 9:43 pm
#32- that’s just the way the universe works.
January 27, 2010 at 4:57 am
For $40.00 you can buy a whole set of plates that are just like that. BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE IT CAME FROM!!!
January 27, 2010 at 5:06 am
Pottery Barn I meant. I can’t fuckin type today.
January 27, 2010 at 6:45 am
#66 Woolyowl-I feel your pain, but I think that here, it is the medium which is inducing your apathy. If the inspiration were embroidered onto a reusable sanitary pad, wouldn’t that be much more exciting?
January 27, 2010 at 7:08 am
I’m not at love as you beauty I am.
January 27, 2010 at 7:17 am
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January 27, 2010 at 8:14 am
@ notengomiedo, sorry, I forgot that successful and popular people are above criticism. I expect all of you to have good comments about Michael Bay from now on.
January 27, 2010 at 8:27 am
with the beauty and the loving and the being and the doing and the froinglayven
January 27, 2010 at 8:48 am
Hmmm…Rae Dunn is one of the “biggies”? Well, okay then–but I still think it’s pseudo-sensitive pretentious crap without a soul. Sorry.
January 27, 2010 at 9:49 am
PS @notengomiedo–you have one up on Rae Dunn with just this–I’m sure I’ll find other stuff I like too.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36513070
January 27, 2010 at 10:23 am
@notengomiedo: I love your stuff! If I weren’t poor I would totally get something.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34698915
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39240176
Are my favorites.
January 27, 2010 at 1:25 pm
@55 Clevercat – bravo! That is some high quality shopping there!
January 27, 2010 at 1:33 pm
I don’t even like alphabet soup let alone words of “wisdom” from my eating utensils
January 29, 2010 at 12:03 pm
@ #78 notengomiedo: You have some amazing stuff in your shoppe – totally my taste! I’m in the process of packing and purging to move, so have favourited it to go back and pick something to accessorize my new digs once I’m settled in.
August 31, 2010 at 10:42 am
I agree with #1. This clearly means ‘Go fuck your hot wife.’