Antique!

I have always been fascinated by antiques. For as long as I can remember I have always had a passion to own one or two, if not more. The calling for old cars and classic Volkswagen things have fascinated me as well. Not just the life style those items entailed, but the beautify in the craftsmanship of things made in a time where technology didn’t rule the creativity. Things still made by hand or with very little machines. The wonders these items created and the aww in how they were crafted. The mastery in how they worked when you felt they never would. 

Take the typewriter for instance. The main tool for writers for eras long ago, sat along side their pen and paper. If they could afford such a wonderful tool. The takes of how writers would penny pinch to save up for such a tool, so they could write a book or a short story. To create something powerful to share with the world. 

Then you think of how we do things now. Hunting for the next like, the next heart, the next ding on our phone. Then next thing that will excite us, that floats away in the same moment as it showed up. I would love an antique typewriter even though I wouldn’t even begin to know how it truly works. To sit there inspired by all the writing that was once done on through it, by the people who created this life for me. I would aww at its beauty and long to write on it. It would spark a craving inside me that only it would truly satisfy. 

Could you imagine listening to the noise something like that makes, knowing with each sound of the keys, you where making your mark on paper and the world? I wonder how glorious that would feel. How it would be to tape into the legacy of such an amazing piece of work.

Yes I view some antique things as a piece of art and in their own right they have earned it. They have earned to be called art because of the craftsmanship and skill it took to create such an amazing piece of equipment. Some may feel that with all the advances we have made in the world, how anyone could view items from the past in such a way. You see, I admire something created by hand, where someone worked with the gifts whey were given to creat such a masterpiece. The skills that it took to make something so amazing for its time are astonishing.

What do you think about things like this? Do you think they are masterpieces or do you view them as junk? Share your thoughts and lets have a conversation. I look forward to hearing from you. I hope you enjoyed seeing into a piece of me and how I view things in the world. As always, take care of yourselves and each other.