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Celestial Empathy Bracelets and Necklaces

This line of handmade Nigerian designed bracelets and necklaces is a part of the African Ode collection with brilliant stones from Rhode Island and Georgia in colors of clouds, stars, and silver linings. The pattern is designed to highlight angels and other celestial beings, all of which are known for a spiritual level of empathy, a key component of Esan faith. Esan is a small tribe in south central Nigeria. Ada is the youngest member of the Esan tribe in the United States.<br><br>This celestial subset of the African Ode collection took Ada approximately 5 days to design based on Dr. Jason Okonofua&#39;s description of Celestial Empathy, a special kind of perspective-taking that is spiritual in nature. Research shows that across the major religions there lies a message of empathy, listening, and kindness for kindness sake. This kind of empathy draws on powerful beliefs in faith, science, and intuition to provide a mindfulness that is seemingly automatic or implicit. This is marked in the translucent way the stones bend light as it passes through. The theme is developed from research from Stanford University and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

$19.00 - $32.00

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Modern Metro Empathy Necklace

This necklace is the first addition to the Modern Metro Empathy collection This classic yet modern metro style strategically integrates ivory and navy straightedged stones -- like tiles in a subway station -- from with scattered golds and yellows from Georgia to reflect light like the many minds and perspectives that pass through metro lines everyday. These pieces are purposefully asymmetrical like the modern styles in the 2020s in streetwear fashion from African to Asian to Western cultural trends and artifacts. <br><br>This limited edition collection is one of the latest in the line of jewelry by AdArts, a combination of a 7 year old&#39;s designs and research on an &quot;empathic mindset&quot;. Experimental research (randomized placebo-controlled field experiments) published in the National Academies of Sciences shows that an empathic mindset can mitigate historic societal inequities like access to education (2016). The Principal Investigator who created and tested the idea explained it to Ada, and she designed this jewelry line to spread its effects with others throughout the world.

$30.00