i have always loved making the discarded useful. i am not the first owner of most of the things i own and love things that can withstand the test of time. one day maybe one of these objects will be cultural fossils, but for now i get the comfort of them having been loved by someone else first. they were just making sure it was good for me

i think i've said this before on here but i always think about an old ceramics teacher who insisted on any vessel that could potentially hold food, to be food safe since ceramic items can last for such a long time no one in the future will know if its toxic to eat from. these things stick around, some for loooong after anyone we know is gone. i also think about the kind of care to think of someone that far into the future. i think a lot of us here are thinking of those far off folks alongside ourselves and wanting better for both, i hope we can get that, and ensure it for them