[Leica] (selling vinyl) Overstuffed houses

[Tina Manley]

And we are a farmer married to an artist.  There is no hope for us.  We
have two houses filled with "stuff" right now and the barn we built is
almost full.

Tina

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> The worst junk collectors are artists and farmers.  It's hopeless for me.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: George Lottermoser <george.imagist at icloud.com>
> >Sent: Dec 5, 2014 6:29 AM
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] (selling vinyl) Overstuffed houses
> >
> >
> >On Dec 5, 2014, at 3:44 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> >
> >> Jayanand, we seem to be the accumulation generation. Thankfully all my
> vinyl left with my son. I'm currently thinning my place out as I'm moving
> to a smaller house in ten days. Every hour is filled with agonising
> decisions "Will I keep this, or will I throw it away. I might need it, but,
> then again, maybe I won't". You're right though, the sense of ownership is
> overrated, especially if the object is not used.
> >>
> >> I'm continually amazed by the sheer volume of stuff that comes into
> this house, and sticks there. Is it something in photographers'
> personalities that makes us want the best and then want to keep it forever?
> The recent documentary "Finding Vivian Maier" also highlighted this aspect
> of her, but then again it could be our age and early conditioning rebelling
> against the current disposability of seemingly everything - even society.
> >
> >I'm so "there" with you Douglas.
> >
> >Last weekend, Saturday and Sunday, I watched stuff leave my collection
> via garage/rummage sale.
> >A couple months ago all the vinyl went to my daughter's house.
> >For the last two days my daughter and I have moved the photo and art
> books into her home.
> >And I still needed to rent a storage unit for my negatives and other
> "crap" that simply won't fit in my new/old nest.
> >
> >The psychological aspects of all this… just boggling…
> >
> >Regards,
> >George Lottermoser
> >
> >http://www.imagist.com
> >http://www.imagist.com/blog
> >http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> >
> >
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