I started a yearlong assignment for myself that began on August 16, 2009.
I was downtown getting help with my car from a friend and while waiting saw the above objects on the ground. I collected them and it got me thinking about what I could find if I started looking more diligently.
So I decided that weekend to set a date and begin to look for an object each day, enter it in the log below and attach it to a string where I would keep all of the objects connected. No alteration except whatever is required to attach it to the string. I was interested in daily discipline of looking and logging. No apparent trend or meaning as yet just to develop a way of being and looking. I have tried to skip repetition and so far have been mostly successful, have avoided cigarette butts and my wife has made me observe a no “orifice” rule, nothing that has been in someone, no more toothbrushes, dental picks, etc. She worries about me
So I start today with this post, my first 100 objects and to celebrate I will start carrying hand sanitizer.
Below is the list so far and some pictures of the project.
8/16/09 yellow crayon
8/17/09 big, old bolt
8/18/09 gold and pearl clip on earring
8/19/09 beat up feather
8/20/09 bobby pin
8/21/09 TY heart tag
8/22/09 bracelet
8/23/09 D cell battery top
8/24/09 clear tube
8/25/09 washer of some sort
8/26/09 rusted nail
8/27/09 blue plastic diamond shape
8/28/09 penny
8/29/09 Ale8 1 Bottle cap
8/30/09 rusted washer
8/31/09 Losing KY lottery ticket
9/1/09 yellow, black and white cord
9/2/09 part of a rubber ball
9/3/09 rubber Palm accessory
9/4/09 leather zipper fob
9/5/09 part of lamp
9/6/09 Copenhagen lid
9/7/09 Plastic cap for toy gun
9/8/09 Packet of silica
9/9/09 garden tag
9/10/09 plastic shoe heel
9/11/09 suction cup
9/12/09 spool of purple thread
9/13/09 tag from Tiger blanket
9/14/09 yellow wire cap
9/15/09 plastic smiley guy with hat on
9/16/09 half of a plastic mechanical pencil
9/17/09 lego piece for a race car
9/18/09 angel
9/19/09 toothbrush
9/20/09 promotional guitar pick
9/21/09 Grater’s Ice Cream Lid
9/22/09 paper clip
9/23/09 broken piece of Toyota logo
9/24/09 child’s alphabet block
9/25/09 button
9/26/09 broken break light piece
9/27/09 little lighter
9/28/09 “driftwood”
9/29/09 Ricola wrapper
9/30/09 air freshener
10/1/09 child restraint tag
10/2/09 Champagne wire basket
10/3/09 .22 caliber bullet
10/4/09 wiffle ball
10/5/09 rusty “V”
10/6/09 top of tire gauge
10/7/09 broken key fob
10/8/09 tattered silk flower
10/9/09 black tube
10/10/09 paper airplane made from receipt
10/11/09 birthday candle
10/12/09 drill bit
10/13/09 tin top of mint box
10/14/09 popcorn
10/15/09 broken clothes pin
10/16/09 broken glasses
10/17/09 old Christmas ornament
10/18/09 finger puppet
10/19/09 wasp nest
10/20/09 empty 50 ml vodka bottle
10/21/09 poorly written tract
10/22/09 scissor handle
10/23/09 nut
10/24/09 grey cap to cover screw
10/25/09 4 of Diamonds
10/26/09 empty plastic badge holder
10/27/09 lead seal
10/28/09 old rubber band
10/29/09 old soda can tab
10/30/09 tire valve cap
10/31/09 broken watch band piece
11/1/09 empty grape jam packet from McD’s
11/2/09 plastic hanger
11/3/09 green rubber baby bottle nipple
11/4/09 wall plate for light switch
11/5/09 DOTD butterfly from 21C installment
11/6/09 broken led light of some sort
11/7/09 flat metal rod
11/8/09 plastic mesh net
11/9/09 Burt’s beeswax lip balm tin
11/10/09 plastic floral decoration piece
11/11/09 metal plate of some sort
11/12/09 flattened bottle cap
11/13/09 spring
11/14/09 cut coat hanger
11/15/09 tire weight
11/16/09 hair tie
11/17/09 thorn
11/18/09 kernel of corn
11/19/09 engagement ring
11/20/09 metal cover for fan of computer
11/21/09 spark plug box
11/22/09 grocery list
11/23/09 checker
