An anonymous poster (anyone want to claim this?) asks, "Anything you'd like to collect on your trip?"
When I was much younger, I collected those flat little wrapped soaps from hotels when our family visited relatives or went on vacation. I have no clue what happened to that stash of soap, nor what happened to my collection of hard-plastic trays and cups that I used to collect from airplane meals, from way back when airlines still served meals on cross-country flights. So my memory of forgotten collections makes me think twice about starting another doomed bag full of "stuff".
Still, I think there's a place for collections, especially if they're thought-provoking or evocative. (I consider my impromptu collection of Senegalese tree-stuff -- a large seed of the abundant trees beneath Dindefelo Falls, the bark of a Konkoran's costume, and a good-luck husk from a creepy guy -- to be in the latter category.) I don't know exactly what I would collect, but here are some of the thoughts I've had since first seeing this question:
- For a while, I've thought about collecting national constitutions. India, as the world's largest democracy, might not be a bad place to start.
- I might try collecting things related to the U.S. election, since I'll be in Romania on Election Day and in India on Inauguration Day. Maybe I'll collect the font pages of newspapers on these days and others when U.S. politics generates significant coverage.
- I might try to make a photographic collection of (for instance) taxicabs, beds I sleep on, computer cafes, animals in the road, people I meet, or types of bread.
Any and all suggestions are welcome. If I do start a collection, I'll post something about it on this blog.
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