A heavy mirror in weathered frame purchased at the cat store.

This is a conversation I had with Zac about his grandparents' "intense relationship with objects". The patrilineal branch of his family exhibits a profound thriftiness and aversion to waste, born of formative midwestern experiences in the Great Depression. The matrilineal branch was consumed with collecting artifacts rather than needful things, amassing a large and wondrous trove of aboriginal art and craftwork from around the globe. There's evidence that both these tendencies find expression in Zac's own proclivities. On top of this, his life as a writer and dance critic has layered a librarian's sensibility with regards to his lifetime's collection of ephemera. This hoard is destined to be folded into a historical archive, at which point it will transcend him as a personal possession. He loves being a good custodian of his shit.

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