The Box in the Loft
Which of your things stops being what it is once you're not around to say why?
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The Box in the Loft
Everything you own ends up with someone who wasn't there for any of it. A ticket stub, a chipped bowl, a jumper you wore for eleven years. To them it's a bowl. To you it's a specific Sunday. Nothing about the objects changes; the stories just stop coming with them.
Which of your things stops being what it is once you're not around to say why?
Then ask
- What did you bin from a dead relative's house that you now wish you'd kept?
- Have you ever told anyone the story behind one of these things, or is that the point?
- What would you rather someone kept, the thing or the story?
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