[78-L] Research Question: Jim Walsh

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
>> some well-meaning (?!) friends decided
>> to "clean up my premises"...! Sadly, the
>> rest of the world remains convinced that they need to "reform" us "pack
>> rats"...?! FEH!!!
>> Steven C. Barr
> A few years ago I heard a public radio program discussing "clutter" in a
> medical series about the brain.  They claimed that people who live in
> clutter show some different brain waves than "normal" people.  They
> found a guy to "declutter" and they sent in a professional.  The clutter
> that she dumpstered included an archive of the life work of a theatrical
> director and designer who had, among other things, done the designs and
> arrangements for all of JFK's inaugural balls and broadway musicals.
> While listening to the descriptions of what she was doing while she was
> "decluttering" it became evident that she was an obsessive-compulsive
> neat freak.  Everything in its place.  Books arranged by color and size.
> But THAT seemed normal to them, so they didn't speculate on checking HER
> brainwave pattern!
>
What many (most?) people don't realize is this...if it weren't for us "pack 
rats,"
museums and "antique dealers" could not exist! Objects go through three 
phases:
(1) New (or new enough to admit owning)
(2) Old and out-of-date
(3) "Valuable antique" (or "museum piece")

It is only us "pack rats" that hang onto items once they reach the second 
phase...?!

Steven C. Barr