Rick, I'm inclined to think that all of this is most definitely on topic.
My original question in Post # 1 to this thread was:-
I would welcome the thoughts of others on the link between the appreciation of art and objects and the maintenance of sanity in a world that is rapidly decreasing in size at the same time that it is equally rapidly increasing in ordinariness.
Yes, certainly we've tended to focus on art, and collecting as opposed to pure appreciation seems to have dominated the thoughts of most of us, but these last few postsare, I feel, getting close to the heart of the matter:-
for one reason or another a "thing" can make us feel good.
It might be because it stirs a memory, it might because it opens the door to the steppes of Central Asia, it might because it transports us to a beach somewhere on the other side of the world, it might be because it makes us feel safe.
Whatever the reason might be there is a link between the "thing" and something that is happening in our mind, and that link has a positive effect.
I reckon we're on topic.
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