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*Caveat on using the term “recycled gold”:

While I am very careful to source my precious metals only from SCS® certified suppliers (SCS® stands for Supply Chain Sustainability; they are the global leader in the field of sustainability standards and third-party certification). Most of my precious metals suppliers are also members of the Responsible Jewellery Council. However, I want to point out that ‘recycling gold' is not what is commonly understood by the term.

True recycling avoids things ending up in landfills. Gold, of course, wouldn’t.

Instead, gold is simply melted, refined and repurposed.

Although SCS® certified refineries must maintain auditable records of their suppliers, there are loopholes globally which make it very easy for gold from unregulated and/or illegal sources to enter their supply chain.

This makes even 'certified recycled' gold untraceable.

Further reading:
Is Recycled Gold Ethical?
Materials, Sustainability, & Fairmined Metals

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I’m back from retreat!

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I have just returned from Karme Chöling in the lush green hills of Vermont, where I was on meditation retreat, together with about 75 other advanced practitioners. I was happy to be able to get there by car, as I prefer travelling closer to the ground.

Endless roads meander through the lush greenery on the way to Vermont

But as much as I love driving: it felt good to arrive.

Tibetan prayer flags cross the brook by the entrance to Karme Chöling retreat center

Karme Chöling has a very nice outdoor shooting range for the practice of standing meditation Kyudo, and when we had a chance to shoot a few arrows, we were visited by a doe and fawn.

These two came to visit us while we were practicing Kyudo

The teachings we studied during the retreat, by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, were just amazing, and certainly very applicable to everyday life!

The rock garden at Karme Chöling

The ten days seemed to last an eternity, and yet of course there comes a time to get back home and get back on the horse, so to speak!

A thunderstorm was brewing upon departure; time to go. Good bye, Karme Chölling!

The transition can be challenging: from the discipline of a ten-day silent group retreat, with its four practice sessions a day, to my bustling life full of the endless demands of being a self-employed artist and small business owner. But, having been a practicing Buddhist for over twenty years, I’ve done it enough times now. I make a point of not thinking of work while on retreat, not even creatively. At the same time, the silence and deep meditations of retreat often open one’s sense perceptions, and thus it will be like a fresh start when I enter the studio again today. Like a musician would play scales and etudes, I will start with making pieces in the Onefooter series, to be sent to The Dunes by the end of the week! I love making this series; it brings me such joy. So I won’t delay! I’ll write the promised blog post about The Dunes opening party just as soon as I can.

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