Crayons. I re-discovered a metal box of them. I bought the box 23 years ago and still have never opened it. It's a box of "Collector's Colors". 64 crayons plus a box of 8 retired colors. I got it at Genovese, a drugstore that was right by my house. The drugstore has gone out of business and the house belongs to someone else now. The price sticker says I paid $5.49 for it. The box still has the cellophane overwrap on it, so it's in pretty good shape for banging around in my "stuff" for 23 years.
I'm with you, puddle! We have a tin of crayons from when our kids were home schooling 14-34 years ago. The metallic gold crayons have oxidised to copper on the outside!
I suspect i've carried the box of crayons around all these years because closed it holds unlimited possibilities. Once opened I might be disappointed with the results of using the crayons - or worse - using them all up. I think I prefer the box of dreams over the opened reality.
While I understand and sympathise with your reasoning, Susan, the fact remains that an unopened box actually has no potential. Maybe you could declare an annual Crayon Day and kick up your heels just for the fun of it. Process not product! ;-)
I remember just opening the box, and looking at them: new, beautiful, bright, in their rows. . . . And taking them out, one at a time, and savoring each: color, smell, name. . .
Maybe you should get another, and then you could use one of them?
As an adult, I used them most often as colorants in wax for layered candles. . . .
I was going to suggest trying to sell the box on ebay; it would probably fetch a bundle. But that is really much too crass. Much better to keep it to savor, unopened.
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ReplyDeleteCrayons. I re-discovered a metal box of them. I bought the box 23 years ago and still have never opened it. It's a box of "Collector's Colors". 64 crayons plus a box of 8 retired colors. I got it at Genovese, a drugstore that was right by my house. The drugstore has gone out of business and the house belongs to someone else now. The price sticker says I paid $5.49 for it. The box still has the cellophane overwrap on it, so it's in pretty good shape for banging around in my "stuff" for 23 years.
ReplyDeleteHow perfectly wonderful!! I always thought a brand new box of "crens" to be worth more than a box of chokl'ts. . . .
DeleteI'm with you, puddle! We have a tin of crayons from when our kids were home schooling 14-34 years ago. The metallic gold crayons have oxidised to copper on the outside!
DeleteI suspect i've carried the box of crayons around all these years because closed it holds unlimited possibilities. Once opened I might be disappointed with the results of using the crayons - or worse - using them all up. I think I prefer the box of dreams over the opened reality.
ReplyDeleteWhile I understand and sympathise with your reasoning, Susan, the fact remains that an unopened box actually has no potential. Maybe you could declare an annual Crayon Day and kick up your heels just for the fun of it. Process not product! ;-)
DeleteI agree with Susan. Potentiality, dreams an possibilities, beats reality every time.
DeleteOh my goodness,listener. To me an unopened box holds all the potential in the world.
DeleteI remember just opening the box, and looking at them: new, beautiful, bright, in their rows. . . . And taking them out, one at a time, and savoring each: color, smell, name. . .
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should get another, and then you could use one of them?
As an adult, I used them most often as colorants in wax for layered candles. . . .
I was going to suggest trying to sell the box on ebay; it would probably fetch a bundle. But that is really much too crass. Much better to keep it to savor, unopened.
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