PHOTO ESSAY
On Attention and Jewelry
by Saskia van Es
When we originally published this photo essay, the captions weren't displaying properly. Now that the glitch has been fixed, we're bringing it back to your attention. "'Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity” has always been one of my favorite quotes,'" writes Saskia van Es. "Lately it made me meditate on the topic of attention in the context of jewelry. I found out that the author of these words, the French philosopher, mystic, and activist Simone Weil (1909–1943), saw attention as a way to deal with human suffering. This photo essay is framed as a letter to Simone Weil, whose words I love and hopelessly misinterpreted."
Caption: Photo: Unsplash/Vince Fleming
