Hello everyone.
I have been out for a while. Many things happened, many projects, adventures, ideas, and struggles that prevented me to continue this very special blog, talking about watches and collecting watches.
I am pleased to let everyone knows that, from this month onwards, The Column Wheel will be merging with my new main project outlet, Taltos Collections.
At Taltos Collections, I will continue to talk about watches, vintage and modern models, and the ideas behind collecting. But, along with that, I will be sharing my other passions, mostly still connected to collecting and gathering things, stuff, objects, paraphernalia. Meaningful paraphernalia, it has to be said.
What is the difference, however, between hoarding and meaningless stockpiling, and careful curation and intentional collection? That is one of the things I wish to discover, through my own activities, interests, and through the writing down and discussion of the ways I bring things into my life.
From watches to guitars, from books to projects, from video game achievements to video game consoles, for me, collecting is nothing less than a marking of one’s journey, a selection of stuff – as Daniel Miller calls the physical and immaterial iconic items we encounter in our paths – that creates and belongs to matters of meaning.
Yes, I write quite loquaciously, quite eloquently, perhaps a tad virtuous and esoteric at times. But that cannot be avoided, sadly, as I am an anthropologist. Thinking back, because I am an anthropologist, swaying through other’s stories and attempting to elaborate and investigate people’s lives, things, and spaces, I do feel attached to a feeling of curating, that being material or immaterial items.
I hope you all find it interesting, and wish to follow that journey in this new home. Follow the link below to Taltos Collections.
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