I recently wanted to buy a new handbag.
There were so many styles that
I made notes. It was helpful, if not obsessive.
(Here, only a snippet of several pages.)
This wasn't the 1st time. Some years ago, I had drawn a
bunch of bags, & eventually cut some of them out
to save in one of my "repository", catch-all journals.
In 2011, at a city Farmer's Market,
I devoted a page in my small sketch journal
to various shoppers' bags. Fascinating variety!
An interesting book : Blackstock's Collections.
He draws collections at a very intense & obsessive level.
Also interesting:
Lists, To-Do's: Illustrated Inventories
Collected Thoughts & Other Artists' Enumerations
A page from Lists, To-Do's...
Collecting quantities verses buying one of something
has an economic tie-in in our consumer culture.
Folks on YouTube show & tell us that they have not one,
but a multitude of
bags, notebooks, pens, shoes, etc.
& they encourage us to buy more, more more.
(They are often given these things at no charge
or at a discount. Or, it is their profession.)
What does the average person do who can't afford
or doesn't need too many of an item?
Me: I admit, sometimes I buy more than one...
But drawing is more affordable.
For a related post please click HERE to my post called
26 Mugs, 100 Monkeys.
What would YOU choose to draw (or buy)
if you had to have a collection of 100?
