Today we had an interesting discussion in my print media class on collectors. People collect interesting things. One girl in my class said she collected
bones and a boy in my class said he collects
hair, of all things!
I realized that I've collected a lot of things over the years, but as a college student who moves around a lot, I've tried not to collect so much. But, since I've been in the design program, I've taken up collecting
design specimens, whether it's tags from clothing, letter heads, or pamphlets that I admired. I also have an infatuation with
journals. While I was in Malaysia I bought several little journals that had interesting designs from the ubiquitous little paper stores that I'd come across at almost every little shop lot. Whenever I go into a bookstore anywhere I find myself fighting the temptation to look at the journals. However, according to my professor, this is a good thing to collect and he encourages me to continue.
When I was little I collected
shells,
rocks,
leaves, and
pressed flowers. I collected
stickers and
coins. Once I collected
Ferrero Rocher wrappers and wadded them up into a ball the size of a baseball at which point no more wrappers would stick. Then I kept a page of the stickers from the wrappers in a little book. I've also collected almost every
letter or
card I've ever received.
That's a lot of collecting - some of it probably more worth while than others. What do you collect?
