A former parishioner with whom I Zoom from time to time makes mobiles as a hobby. We agree that the appeal of mobiles is that they're completely superfluous and innocent. There's something childlike and contemplative about them, probably because we think of them as things that hang over babies' cots. Mind you, he made one at a very dark time that was composed of black bats-wing shapes and spikes, and that was far from restful: very Gawth.
He was inspired to start by the mobiles of Alexander Calder and decided to see how much they cost. He saw one up for auction at $18K: that's ok, he thought, I'm not going to buy one, but it's not *impossible*. Then he realised he'd missed the decimal point and the work in question was on sale for $18*M*.
(I know this is nothing much as a post, but it was that or 'Vestments of Ebay'. It's quiet)
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