• OVERVIEW
  • PERSONAL
    • Missed Milestones
    • Off-Season Santas
    • The Collector
    • Porn Moms
    • Richard Harr
    • Miami Boyfriends
    • People of the 8th Street Bus Stop
    • Indonesian Senior Club
    • Nephew in New York
    • Senior Ping Pong Olympics
    • Sonia Warshawski
  • PRINT
  • LIFESTYLE
  • Recent
  • about mb
  • contact
Mary Beth Koeth
  • OVERVIEW
  • PERSONAL
    • Missed Milestones
    • Off-Season Santas
    • The Collector
    • Porn Moms
    • Richard Harr
    • Miami Boyfriends
    • People of the 8th Street Bus Stop
    • Indonesian Senior Club
    • Nephew in New York
    • Senior Ping Pong Olympics
    • Sonia Warshawski
  • PRINT
  • LIFESTYLE
  • Recent
  • about mb
  • contact

The Collector

Some people need the past to be tangible. For them, the past doesn't just disappear into nothingness. It stains every object they encounter.

We're temporal beings, and our identity is constantly being shifted and affected. Collectors find Time's attack on their identity distressing, so they fight back by shrouding themselves with mementos, hoping to keep their identity intact and accessible.

For the collector, the past is not something to forget or to let go. The past is a companion. It's a friendship worth preserving.

Written by Daniel Paredes

To view our successful Kickstarter Campaign to record Raven's story, click HERE.

Watch the full documentary HERE.

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