Karen Handbag bags into a cascading fringe that

into a cascading fringe that falls well below the chest

while soft white ostrich feathers cascade from the ankle strap

I thought: this unhinged little creature deserves to live on an ear forever

" I just started laughing

thinking about what the world could be while everyone else is still arguing about what it already is

Karen Handbag bags into a cascading fringe thatTHE STORY I was reading Out of Africa one evening, Karen Blixen on horseback, the African sun burning gold across open land, leather and freedom in every sentence. Something about that image never left me. A woman who owned nothing but owned everything, her spirit, her land, her story. I put the book down and Karen was already forming in my hands. THE CRAFTSMANSHIP Karen is shaped like nothing else in the collection, a sculpted dome silhouette in