collecting is creating. language is collections of expression. history is collections of experience. grass is collections of blades. centipedes are collections of legs. landfills are collections of disuse. ecosystems are collections of creatures with shared intent. bodies are collections of cells and systems.
collecting is embracing. bells are bells if they ring, whether they are round or parabolic, brass or wood. skin is skin whether scaly and green or stretchy and brown or hairy and blue.
collecting is attracting. keychains attract keychains from strangers, friends, and far-reaching travellers. recycle bins attract cardboard from houses to cities. puddles attract water, like pilgrims to a sacred shrine.
collecting is aquainting. information/data/observations, samples and specimens, experience and memory. collecting is a process for becoming aware.
