tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post8396493360510058094..comments2023-03-28T12:48:52.402-04:00Comments on Walking Off the Big Apple: E. L. Doctorow's Homer & LangleyTeri Tyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-26785682482862775532009-10-25T15:29:08.263-04:002009-10-25T15:29:08.263-04:00Back to the discussion about hoarding and collecti...Back to the discussion about hoarding and collecting - Thanks, blackoystercatcher, for your fine comment about communities coalescing around collections. Brilliantly succinct. I realize you may have thought about these issues for some time.Teri Tyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-17094148489181534162009-10-24T00:44:05.787-04:002009-10-24T00:44:05.787-04:00I (we) have rationalized large-scale, profligate c...I (we) have rationalized large-scale, profligate collecting by doing what we can to turn it into a public activity; in other words, opening collections to others. This reframes solitary accumulation into social practice, and also brings considerable benefits to the collector, especially in terms of the community that coalesces around the collection.blackoystercatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480345262232861066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-4344138676522124382009-10-23T15:28:52.262-04:002009-10-23T15:28:52.262-04:00I'm always a little scared of becoming like th...I'm always a little scared of becoming like the Collyer Brothers myself. Luckily, my friend Peter recently reminded me that Einstein said, "Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." Let's hope so...Tinky Weisblathttp://www.ourgrandmotherskitchens.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-33482615145561708992009-10-23T13:53:17.743-04:002009-10-23T13:53:17.743-04:00Thanks for mentioning Davenport's book, blacko...Thanks for mentioning Davenport's book, blackoystercatcher. Now, I will look for it at the bookstore. I've been thinking about the general issues of hoarding and accumulation, wondering how to balance my own tendency to collect books and other things I like to accumulate and bring home.Teri Tyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18304387840586756126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6416851791929242085.post-25962901025325308042009-10-23T13:29:42.569-04:002009-10-23T13:29:42.569-04:00A guilty pleasure for me over the years has been M...A guilty pleasure for me over the years has been Marcia Davenport's "My Brother's Keeper," a 1950s novel based on the story of the brothers. Taking the discovery of the dead men as a starting point, her book weaves together a narrative that purports to explain their reclusivity and why many of the "collectibles" found their way into the house. She overwrites, but blackoystercatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480345262232861066noreply@blogger.com