It is not a secret that a smile can make you pretty and even
beautiful. Your smile looks more sincere and charming if there is a
memory of a magic thing that happened in your life. A small symbol of
that event will work as an effective switch for your charming smile.
There is a small bright bird, that is believed to be a symbol of
beauty for centuries. It is a hummingbird. Have you ever seen it?
I saw the hummingbirds on Gabriola island (BC, Pacific ocean) the
first time in my life. I have got an expression of one of those
miracles that mother nature gives us as a precious gift. I could not
stop looking at them. They were extremely unusual, pretty and fun.
They were bright and elegant. They made the island into a piece of
Eden for me. I like to extract that memory from my mind.
My husband remembers his first hummingbird too. He was dirtbiking in
a forest in BC. The last thing he expected to see was a hummingbird
at the moment. Suddenly it came from nowhere, stayed in the air for a
few seconds and disappeared nowhere again. It was a bit of magic
that made all his day.
Tiny fast and happy birds somehow make us feel happy when we look at
them. We are smiling when we think of them. We become happier and
we are more willing to make people around us happy too. I look at
this as a reason why the birds and even the images of them have
become a symbol of beauty.
I wondered if the symbol worked only for people who have actually
seen the birds before. I asked a few of my friends, what they felt
and thought of the hummingbirds.
Irina told that a hummingbird was something like a butterfly in her
mind. Then I asked her what she thought a butterfly was. Could it be
a symbol of anything to her? Then she said that that could be a
symbol of beauty. Well, the chain of associations we have here is a
hummingbird - a butterfly - beauty. This answer satisfies me
completely.
Alexandra thinks of them like of the insects, maybe more like the
bees than butterflies. They are purposeful and fragile in her mind.
When she thinks of them she has feelings that our life is transient.
The one's life should be bright, because it is so short. We should
enjoy every moment of it.
Albina's mind takes her straight to symbolism. She does not think of
the hummingbirds as the birds at all. There is nothing there, but the
image located in the Nazca Desert. Why does the bird remind Albina
about this mysterious story? Why does this little bird make her
think about enigmas? Well, she cannot answer these questions. I asked
her if she had any idea why there was an image of the hummingbird
made by Nazca people. And the only answer she could come up with
was "it is just art. They wanted to make something admirable".
I got the evidence that I was looking for. The hummingbirds do affect
people who have seen them in nature and even people who have never
seen them. They make us smile. They put us in a good mood. They make
us think about life, beauty and nature's enigmas. They are a real
symbol of beauty and can serve as an amulet that can bring the most
charming smile into your face.
The hummingbirds makes a great amulet for people who are looking for
love or wish to keep it as fresh and exciting as it was at the
beginning. A smiling and happy person looks more beautiful and
attracts love. To personify the amulet even more, a wearer may add a
gem either chosen by his or her zodiac sign or by qualities of a
stone.
My hummingbird brooch became the first bird image in my animal and
bird symbolic jewellery. I had made it before I even thought about
the birds' symbolism. It was a subconscious process in my mind that
pushed me into making it from the very beginning. I wanted to make
something admirable... and I made a humingbird!
I remember all my feelings of looking at the birds in nature. When I
hold my silver image of it they become vivid. When I have it with me
I am feeling the delight of seeing a miracle of nature again. My
most charming smile appears in my face.
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