Taking a break from saying my farewells to my Vanity Fair collection, one issue at a time. Because I know all the hard work that goes into making a magazine, I find it very difficult to get rid of them. This has resulted, over the years, in an impressive volume of magazines being kept in my little apartment. A real vintage trove of Vogues, ELLEs Vanity Fairs and more...
Back in Dec. I began culling through them, realizing that hoarding all this was a compulsion. One I had to break.
Looking back through all these treasured tomes, what I find fascinating, is how they truelly do manage to record the changes in society, the passing trends but also those that grow into social movements. Even in the case of certain celebrities, how they reflect the highs and lows of both their professional and personal lives. And, because a hoarder cannot stop being a hoarder so easily, I cut out images, sometimes even full articles, that I wish to keep - for scrapbooks, for inspiration, or simply to admire the beauty of a given light or a look. Maybe, after cleaning out and organizing I'll begin to use some to get back to painting...
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