It's an interesting question - how we define objects by their function?
We’ve given them all these different names but what if somehow, one day we forgot what they were called, would we start to look past their limitations?
If on the other hand we start to recognize that what we see and understand is simply one view of what is, we have the start of an awakening and an expanding of our view of the world.
Have a good throw out of any clutter, it'll clear your mind and you'll find all sorts of funny little doodahs you don't want to throw away. Well keep hold of the bit's that intrigue you and put them in a little box. then think about recycling them into something completely different!
I became quite attracted to the colour and textures of carrier bags and decided to heat fuse them into a rather natty bracelet and a poor man's stained glass window!
I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes.
Augusten Xon Burroughs (writer - New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002)
