Thursday, September 25, 2008

Dog And Ball

If I'm in the mood for striving, this is the pin I choose. Today was mostly about striving to understand things, and striving to get round or over the things I don't understand. A fool's errand, some would say, but a routine part of the job in my case.

The delightful thing about this pin is that it's actually in two separate parts: the dog, which is a 'normal' pin in silver and gold; and the ball, which is a red glass stud. The possibilities are thus endless, since I can vary the leap angle of the dog (depending on how hard I think I'm likely to strive), and I can vary the distance of the ball from the dog (depending on how likely I think I am to succeed or fail). Genius!

Alas, the designer of this stellar combination didn't sign the dog, so I don't know whether there are more pin/stud combinations like this one. I'll get round to some serious searching for them one day - but not today.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this one! I hope you wear it up here in MV soon!
Then again, you know we'll all be measuring the distance between the ball and the dog so we'll understand if you choose not to. :-(

Anonymous said...

Go Spot, Go!