TIDBITS 12/14/03

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Pan

Son of Hermes ... born with legs, horns, and beard of
a goat. When he wasn't playing music on pipes cut from
reeds or chasing that nymph named Echo with whom he was
in lust ... he amused hismelf by inducing in travelers
terror without apparent cause ... thus the birth of the word
Panic. So ... when you feel it folks ... it's that devlish
little god named Pan that's causing it.

Enrico Serafini ... born in Florence in 1913 ... goldmith's
apprentice in his youth ... opened workshop in Piazza Santa
Felicita in 1947 ... and quickly made his reputation in Florence
and abroad. His clients were counted among the world's elite.

Pan had other names ... yes he did he did. He is a universal
god ... and has morphed over the years to become among other
things ... a beloved character by children ... an icon
in fact representing the never disappearing element of youth
in all of us ... a cute little fellow in fact by the name of
Peter Pan ... in whom some of the strangeness of the original
god still lives.

Among Enrico Seafini's clients we John Steinbeck ... Adlai
Stevenson ... Marquis Emilio Pucci and other rarified
names that exist in circles in which I will never travel.

As the tale goes ... it is believed that a vision of Pan was
seen in the Princes Street Gardens of Edinburgh in 1960 which
led to the creation of the New Age Findhorn Copmmunity in the
North of Scotland. Not too sure what this connection means ...
but there is it. A fact worth nothing perhaps ... but a fact none
the less. And last but least least ... there is that
other and most famous name under which Pan was worshipped. We
are in Asia Minor ... and the populace venerates our little
goat-man-god ... under the name Priapus. Methinks the more
things change ... the more they remain the same ... for I have
heard that in certain circcles he is still somewhat worshipped
under that name.

Enrico Serafini ... imginative craftsman supreme--creator
of jewels characterized by great plasticity ... sculptor in
gold of wondrous flowers and animals and even a Flutist God
name Pan ... seated and playing his pipes ... his gold body
randomly set with round diamonds ... with foliage cut from
an emerald--was a talent that made his mark in the world of
jewelry.

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: Pan ... where
you'll see an image of the golden god playing his flute.

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

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