Living in a box

This morning I came across an article regarding the Pope, who has decided that seven deadly sins aren’t really enough. In moving the Church with modern times and thinking, he’s added a few more to the list. Now missing from that list, from an ardent collector’s perspective, is removing a collectable from its packaging. [...]

A paradoxical box of Pandoras

People and their collecting habits are a fascinating window to the human psyche, a real paradoxical box of Pandoras. On the one hand, there are people who collect to highlight their individuality. On the other, serious collectors can exhibit almost fanatical camaraderie with those who also appreciate what they treasure. A collector can be a [...]

Mark and Microphonies

Collecting is different things to different people. Am I a collector, gatherer, hoarder, accumulator, or none of the above? Hmm. Some people collect to make a profit, some to simply ‘get the whole set’, others to step back in time. Yes. The act of thinking, searching, finding, evaluating, remembering a specific object… that is also [...]

Collecting Chemicals

Last week we dealt with collecting insects, which were simple to collect in light of this week’s potential collection: the chemical elements.
Sure, there are hundreds of thousands of insects, so you’d need a big house and a lot of patience to build your collection, but at least you can see everything you’re collecting. Insects aren’t [...]