Russ Swain

New bills feel like very fine sandpaper. And it just happened that one of my clients was a jeweler. And she owned a jewelry store and she offered free diamond ring cleaning. And it was just something that she mentioned to me one day when I was in there. I said, what is this stuff?

New bills feel like very fine sandpaper. And it just happened that one of my clients was a jeweler. And she owned a jewelry store and she offered free diamond ring cleaning. And it was just something that she mentioned to me one day when I was in there. I said, what is this stuff?

And she says, oh, that's when I clean rings, it's got this vacuum attachment and a polisher and it pulls all of the residue off and I sort through it and I get little scraps of gold and diamonds and stuff. I use the gold to fix fissures in the rings and so forth. But the diamond dust, it's just ground up diamonds.

And she says, oh, that's when I clean rings, it's got this vacuum attachment and a polisher and it pulls all of the residue off and I sort through it and I get little scraps of gold and diamonds and stuff. I use the gold to fix fissures in the rings and so forth. But the diamond dust, it's just ground up diamonds.

And she says, oh, that's when I clean rings, it's got this vacuum attachment and a polisher and it pulls all of the residue off and I sort through it and I get little scraps of gold and diamonds and stuff. I use the gold to fix fissures in the rings and so forth. But the diamond dust, it's just ground up diamonds.

And I thought for some reason, I just thought of that stuff and I thought it wouldn't dissolve if I mixed it in the ink because it's little minuscule dusts of diamond. And it's so fine, it probably wouldn't come up my press. So I asked her, I says, hey, what do you do with that stuff? She says, I throw it away. You want some? I says, yeah, I do. Do you mind? And she says, yeah, take all you want.

And I thought for some reason, I just thought of that stuff and I thought it wouldn't dissolve if I mixed it in the ink because it's little minuscule dusts of diamond. And it's so fine, it probably wouldn't come up my press. So I asked her, I says, hey, what do you do with that stuff? She says, I throw it away. You want some? I says, yeah, I do. Do you mind? And she says, yeah, take all you want.

And I thought for some reason, I just thought of that stuff and I thought it wouldn't dissolve if I mixed it in the ink because it's little minuscule dusts of diamond. And it's so fine, it probably wouldn't come up my press. So I asked her, I says, hey, what do you do with that stuff? She says, I throw it away. You want some? I says, yeah, I do. Do you mind? And she says, yeah, take all you want.

So anyway, I took this little bag of this diamond dust, took it back. Put it in the ink, stirred it around. I thought, let's see what happens because it's so fine. It's like baby powder, but it wouldn't dissolve. And so it didn't affect the ink, the darkness, the color value of the ink.

So anyway, I took this little bag of this diamond dust, took it back. Put it in the ink, stirred it around. I thought, let's see what happens because it's so fine. It's like baby powder, but it wouldn't dissolve. And so it didn't affect the ink, the darkness, the color value of the ink.

So anyway, I took this little bag of this diamond dust, took it back. Put it in the ink, stirred it around. I thought, let's see what happens because it's so fine. It's like baby powder, but it wouldn't dissolve. And so it didn't affect the ink, the darkness, the color value of the ink.

In any kind of creative endeavor, you always look for that one area that creates the magic. And that diamond dust was that little part that created magic. It came off that press. When it dried, I felt it. And I thought, bingo, that feels like new currency. I can't believe it.

In any kind of creative endeavor, you always look for that one area that creates the magic. And that diamond dust was that little part that created magic. It came off that press. When it dried, I felt it. And I thought, bingo, that feels like new currency. I can't believe it.

In any kind of creative endeavor, you always look for that one area that creates the magic. And that diamond dust was that little part that created magic. It came off that press. When it dried, I felt it. And I thought, bingo, that feels like new currency. I can't believe it.

Exactly. I was really excited. The problem was, how am I going to launder it? Because I realized I have to sear off my conscience somehow. But in searing off my conscience, I thought, but how do I mask my anxiety? That's really hard if you've grown up the fair-haired Mormon boy your whole life, and now all of a sudden, you're not just a naughty child, you're a first-rate sinner.

Exactly. I was really excited. The problem was, how am I going to launder it? Because I realized I have to sear off my conscience somehow. But in searing off my conscience, I thought, but how do I mask my anxiety? That's really hard if you've grown up the fair-haired Mormon boy your whole life, and now all of a sudden, you're not just a naughty child, you're a first-rate sinner.

Exactly. I was really excited. The problem was, how am I going to launder it? Because I realized I have to sear off my conscience somehow. But in searing off my conscience, I thought, but how do I mask my anxiety? That's really hard if you've grown up the fair-haired Mormon boy your whole life, and now all of a sudden, you're not just a naughty child, you're a first-rate sinner.

You're doing something across the line.

You're doing something across the line.

You're doing something across the line.