Important Memories Vs Pointless Tat

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@Marhalika: Sorry to hear your house burned down

Originally posted by Mr Sleep
The thing that interests me is that this is mostly tat and to be honest i would throw it out and make way from more CDs However i know there are people (ergo my mother) who would wish to keep this stuff, so the question is, when does old crap become heirlooms and memories and when is it just crap?

I think this question is just like our personal experinece of art - we load things with symbolic meaning, we associate a certain thing to certain memories, experiences, etc. Thus the crap has an abstract, subjective value beyond practical function.

I am not a hoarder, on the contrary I throw away almost everything, including a pair of new shoes I just bought and bills I haven't paid yet I have some things that have a symbolic meaning to me, like art and photos from some of my journeys, but that's about it. I don't save letters, worn out clothes, furniture I don't use or other books than the ones I still need for my job.