These are a few of my favorite things.
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Stolen from The New Covetables by Charles Eames, prompted by a Patreon patron. Generation X is a nation of nomads, and they schlep their sacred objects in their sacred baggage. The black hole: Connecticut, Vermont, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Los Angeles. The Arc'teryx. The Charles W. Morgan bag, custom-made, 40-something states, Canada, Mexico, France, Italy, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand.
Cameras have a smell. Van's smell of nail polish, linseed oil, and hands. Good cameras are dense like a firearm. Some are milled from a solid block of magnesium. A Swedish hatchet kept chisel-sharp. A three-quarter-inch Scotch tape dispenser, a two-inch packing tape dispenser, an invitation dispenser. A three-euro Eiffel Tower statuette from the steps of Montmartre. A Blade Runner chess piece from Robert in Arizona. A call-to-prayer clock from Berlin. Each memento embodies a significance way beyond its form, way beyond its value. Six minutes of inventory as autobiography.
Transcript
foreign I stole this episode from the new covetables by Charles Eames but the idea came from a patreon patron
these are a few of my favorite things Generation X is a nation of Nomads and
we schlep some of our sacred objects in our sacred baggage
the black hole Connecticut Vermont West Virginia Virginia New York Berlin
Los Angeles New York Los Angeles the arcterics top of Africa the Charles W Morgan custom made for me 40-something States Canada Mexico France Italy Japan
Indonesia Japan Thailand Mexico for livelihood tools
cameras have a smell mind smell of nail polish linseed oil and hands
good cameras are dense like a firearm heavy reliable
some of the best cameras are milled from a solid block of magnesium some are made from aluminum or Titanium
or stainless steel good ones wear like woodworking tools
our hands love a camera some people think that a particular
camera will give them magic powers like Dumbo's feather like Dumbo's feather gave him
The Lone Ranger [Music] the Land Cruiser is a tool what made thing is not a tool plywood is made plywood is a material a plywood desk is a tool
I love my Swedish Hatchet and I keep it chisel Sharp
a beautiful tool from a friend who's going through something that's tough to go through
three-quarter inch Scotch tape dispenser two inch packing tape dispenser
invitation dispenser these particular dispensers honor the
things that they dispense three Euro Eiffel Tower statuette from the steps of Montmartre Blade Runner chess piece from Robert in Arizona
call to prayer clock from Berlin from Chloe but she might have gotten it for me in
Cairo [Music] each Memento embodies a significance Way Beyond its form each Memento embodies a significance Way
Beyond its value a wonderful Japanese Gadget that costs about five dollars silicone tape grip helps us awkward lefties
hand sculpted eraser mount soft lead white polymer eraser like the tip of a
magician's wand this machine was manufactured sometime
between the terrible years of 1936 to 1941 and there is a glorious beautiful
violence to using this machine effectively somehow I've had these for 18 years the Box turns into a little standing
quiver when mixed with water the color turns into watercolor paint
Jack gave me this special chalk for my birthday he found out about it in Japan
it's supposedly the preferred chalk of mathematicians bright clear-cut
and vividly visible in the distance well surface coated it writes smoothly without staining hands at all the powder doesn't fly no harm to men
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Arc'teryx essential — bag brand, one of his sacred bags — top of Africa, Charles W Morgan
- Scotch tape dispenser (3/4 inch) essential — tape dispenser that honors what it dispenses
- packing tape dispenser (2 inch) uses — tape dispenser referenced
- silicone tape uses — grip for pencils, helps awkward lefties
- Toyota Land Cruiser essential — described as a tool
People Referenced
Charles Eames, Jack
Films & Media Referenced
- title references 'My Favorite Things' song
- chess piece memento from Robert in Arizona