Nocturnal Issue III | Page 12

Its just a mug.

The other day, I was talking to my sister, and I started thinking about objects. More specifically – everything I’ve ever owned. Yeah, more specifically.

I’ve owned a lot. Even in my late teens, I’ve already managed to gather a substantial variety of things over the years. And all of them kind of mean something. Some of them mean a lot to me, others not so much. But its the ones that mean a lot to me that are interesting.

Its just a pair of earrings.

The top row of my bookshelf is filled with books. I mean, all of them are filled with books, but this one is different. I probably will never read these books again. But yet, they still sit there?

Sentiment.

I keep these books because they mean something to me. I don’t know why, but I once loved them. I can’t bring myself to get rid of them.

Its just a book.

And its not just with books. I have old workbooks (okay more books) from my younger years at school. The work is useless to me now – but still I keep it.

Its just another object.

 

Its weird how we have these attachments to things, that really stand for very little.

SIGNIFICANCE

OF

OBJECTS

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OBJECTS — CAI BURTON

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