Keeping track
“A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.” Henry Miller.
Last week I talked about using objects and their stories, and it set me to thinking about where our objects come from, and where they go. I suppose the posh word for it would be provenance, though that only covers part of the journey.
Provenance means there is a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or qualit…
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