The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'
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I love making lists.
It had a very good arrangement by Herbie Hancock, but it used existing pieces.
What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years. It got five summers and five winters of weather. It became more and more authentic as we worked in it, and they added bits to it.
I would just sketch everything that was being made for the collections.
People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.
Back when I was young, lists seemed like fences on the open range. But secretly, I was pleased to be corralled among other literary thoroughbreds.
The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.
We like lists because we don't want to die.
The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.
There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new.
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