TIDBITS 09/05/04

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How Many Arms are Enough?

Real quick ... for those who felt extremely saddened by the
lack of Tidbits last week ... I apologize. I was out of town ...
was not able to get to my computer before leaving ... all that stuff.

And now ... how many arms are enough arms? When is it jewelry
and when is it not jewelry? What is the meaning of life? All of
these ... important questions. I can and will answer all three. By
a show of hands ... who out there doubts this ability? Gedoudaheah.
All of you? Nahhh ....

Johann Joachim Kändler ... born June 15, 1706 in Fischbach, Saxony,
Germany. A name--I would venture to say--known by only a few. And
yet ... the product of his brilliant efforts is easily known
world-wide.

He was a major originator of porcelain sculpture in Europe. He worked
till his death at the court of Frederick Augustus I. Freddy was also
known as King Augustus II of Poland. The factory was located in
Meissen, Germany ... and it is singularly because of Johann Joachim
Kändler's genius that Meissen Porcelain gained the world renown status
it enjoys today. Which answers question number two. It is always
jewelry when it has such incredible beauty that it can be called
nothing else. I've seen plenty of "real" jewelry that should not be
called jewelry under any circumstances.

And so Johann Joachim Kändler one day--circa 1736--made a candelabrum.
An incredible piece which--as of circa 1994--resided in the Dallas
Museum of Art. The candelabrum is considered one of the great
monuments in the annals of European porcelain. It is a figurine of a
lady holding receptacles for five candles ... one of them on her head
.... four in each hand at the end of four arms ... with the last two
arms used to hold the connecting base to the receptacles. And so ...
the answer to question number one ... six arms are just the right
amount of arms for a candelabrum.

As to question number three: What is the meaning of life? The meaning
of life is a vanilla hot fudge sundae with a double scoop of hot fudge
topped with a double scoop of strawberries in syrup. Philosophers the
world-wide who have been searching for this elusive answer need search
no longer.

For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Porcelain
.... where you'll see an image of Johann Joachim Kändler's magnificent
Candelabrum.

And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark

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