Post #90166 by Jungle Trader on Fri, May 7, 2004 8:21 AM

As I have been (anticipating) for my Gecko mug to arrive, (actually it has been to my door twice now but no one has been here to sign), I have been thinking, "Why do we collect anything?" Why is it so important to have a collection?" "Why am I angry that I don't have mine?" "What are my priorities?" My work & my family are high priorities as it is for many of you, as I could have waited for it to arrive but I didn't want to miss a sports event my son was participating in.
What is the psychology of collecting? Is it that we are insecure, so we need to surround ourselves with objects that other people will admire? Do we really admire our collections or are we entrapped by them? or both? When we die will our collections go to our kids? What if they don't want them? It's only a mug, a container for a liquid substance.....or not. It could be art, so if it's art then we're talkin' a different ballgame. Making something from nothing, creating. I've been asking myself these questions but I still think deep down we are all a little insecure as human beings and collecting something makes us feel important.... but of course I could be wrong.

Let it run.

Now back to my sandwich.

[ Edited by: Jungle Trader on 2004-05-07 08:38 ]

[ Edited by: Jungle Trader on 2004-05-08 08:25 ]