The issue of ingenuity that Neil De Marchi and Hans Van Miegroet (this volume) identify as a major element in arguments about economic and aesthetic effect is here examined as part of a microhistory of a particular Sweetie Bracelet, and short-lived, manifestation of the arts in London at the moment of publication of Smith’s most [...]
Evergreen embeds constant reminders to caregivers, visitors, and residents themselves that each person living there is more than the sum of his or her ailments; before they arrived, they all had real and often fascinating lives links of london bracelets. On the wall outside each room at Evergreen is an “identity box,” an open wood [...]
Dick Harron’s buddies think he’s off his rocker when he tells them “how much fun it is” to visit his 99-year-old mother in the nursing home Charm Bracelet. “It sounds strange,” says the Oshkosh, Wis., retired sales manager, but “when I walk in there, I feel good.” Central to his peace of mind is the [...]