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Originally Posted by Big Dave
I think it asks the question if that at times we get so caught up collecting "things" that we in some ways stop living our life. Maybe I am just reading too much into, what are your guys thoughts?
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No, I think you made a very honest, insightful observation about the nature of the hobby in its more extreme form. Obssessive-compulsiveness is certainly not a life-enhancing modus operandi.
Personally, I suspect that collecting allows us to exercise the control and order we wish we had in our lives. Simply wanting to be surrounded by artwork that gives us pleasure or recalls nostalgic childhood memories is one natural facet of the equation. But on an altogether deeper level, I often feel that our choice of the characters we collect is a fuller expression of our repressed tendencies and individual values - ones that often never get an opportuity to be implemented (for better or worse . . . .).
