Cat Jewelry: Freeing The Inner Feline
 

"Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring nature, cajoling, haughty, and
capricious, difficult to fathom. They reveal themselves only to
certain favored individuals, and are repelled by the faintest
suggestion of insult or even by the most trifling deception." - Pierre
Loti

Ah, where to start? Cats are among the most celebrated creatures of
literature. They're domesticated and at the same time wild, loved and
at the same time hated. They stand for stealth and mystery, the power
of silence and secrets. And cat jewelry is a testament to that power.

Even before Halle Berry popularized the Catwoman, and before the
sleek, sassy villainess ever graced the pages of DC comics, cats were
being worshipped all over the world. The way the cat moves, the easy
grace and mysterious stillness fuels the imagination and fires up the
senses. Bast, the ancient Egyptian cat-goddess, was a wild goddess who
was generous in good humor, and ferocious in ill. To kill a cat in
ancient Egypt was to call down the wrath of Bast, and was not only
considered an act of evil, but a crime against the gods.

To compare a person to a cat is to give credit to his/her capricious,
languid, underhanded nature. Cats will only do as they desire, not as
they are told. Loyalty is something they only bestow, not give out of
a sense of obligation. At the same time they are affectionate to those
whom they have chosen, work with reasons they may not disclose to
anyone, and perform incredible tasks with absolute secrecy. Sending a
person -- especially a woman -- cat jewelry as a gift would serve as a
tribute to these special traits. Wearing cat jewelry would aid in
fostering an image of mystery and an instinct for the refined.

The endearing nature of cats has been immortalized not only in
classical literature ("The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe, and "Cat on
a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams, to name two of many) but also
in modern literature, like TV shows and comic strips. We have

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