“I’m really looking forward to expanding my business. I’m wearing my yellow sapphire for expansion,” she laughs, referring to the Indian tradition of wielding certain gems to help achieve life goals. She is at last finding her voice, she says, and the authenticity of that voice is what she hopes will protect Ark from getting lost in the now-crowded spiritual-jewelry market. In that sense, it seems that Korman is her own talisman.