FINDS FROM THE BASEMENT

ONE OF MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS IS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CRATES AND BOXES, PORTFOLIOS AND SHOPPING BAGS AND ORGANIZE, CATEGORIZE AND INVENTORY MY BURGEONING ART COLLECTION......I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THESE PHOTOS THAT I PURCHASED, AND DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO DID THE PHOTOGRAPHS! I HAVE ANOTHER FROM THIS "SET" WHICH IS NOT PICTURED HERE.......I'VE FOUND ART DONE BY CHILDHOOD FRIENDS, OLD LOVERS AND ROOMATES, EVEN PICTURES BY UNCLES AND AUNTS, NEEDLEWORK BY MY GRANDMOTHER AND HER SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS, EVEN WATERCOLORS BY MY CATS! IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS, FOR THERE WAS EVEN MORE THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.......I LIKE IT ALL, OF COURSE, AND IT HAS SATIATED MY COMPULSIVE NEED TO ACQUIRE "ART"........NOW, I'M FEELING A BIT LIKE CITIZEN KANE.....WHERE DOES IT STOP? I AM EAGER TO GO THROUGH THE BOXES OF MAGAZINES AND COMICS, BOXES OF JHANE BARNES SHIRTS, PHONOGRAPH RECORDS, AND MEDIA IN JUST ABOUT EVERY FORMAT EXCEPT 8-TRACK, WHICH NEVER APPEALED TO ME AT ALL. COLLECTIONS OF BED LINENS, TABLE LINENS...CIGARETTE LIGHTERS, TIES, T-SHIRTS, HAWAIIAN SHIRTS, ANTIQUE JEWELRY, CLOCKS.....WELL....JUST ABOUT ANY, ALL, AND EVERYTHING. STAMPS, COINS, SHOES, SOCKS, PLANTS, TOOLS.......CUTLERY, TEA-STRAINERS, PLAYING CARDS AND CARD PARAPHENALIA.......I GOTTA TAKE A BREAK. THIS WILL BE A BIG, BIG TASK........THEN TO PHOTOGRAPH AND DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE THIS SO THAT, WHEN I KICK THE BUCKET, MY HEIRS WON'T JUST TAKE THE STUFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IN TOTAL EXASPERATION!