I've been thinking about collections recently and what it means to be a collector.
Why do people collect the things they do?
How does a collection start?
Is it the singular object that is admired and valued
and/or the process of collecting?
I guess in their own way collectors are striving for greatness. They want the biggest, the most complete, the rarest, the unusual, the most admirable, the oldest or most expensive collection possible.
But most importantly they want the complete set.
Collecting combines two passions: A love of hoarding things and the search for the unattainable.
Can a serious collectors collection ever really be complete?
Most children collect things, like toys from cereal packets or fast food restaurants, football cards etc...
Maybe people collect for nostalgic reasons, to recreate some powerful childhood emotion, or to keep ahold of the old because the new is moving so fast is hard to keep up.
But what happens when the innocence of a child collecting things manifests and and becomes an obsession in adulthood?
Adults can take collection to the next level, they can bring to their habit discipline, compulsion and of course the thing that no child has... Money!
I used to collect toy cars...now I collect real ones!
This is a quote from Jamiroquai on MTV'S cribs.
I've started collecting hinges, predominately metal hinges. They're used everywhere, they're pretty important where ever they're used but they're never really noticed.
They're an intrinsic part to what ever they belong to.
Today I found my first hinge. i took it from a box that I made a few months ago
