Last week, I was at the Logan Art Gallery doing my volunteering shift on my own. My partner in crime at the desk had come down with a stomach bug; how unfortunate. I hope she's feeling better.
Well, on my rounds around the place I noticed a pamphlet on the counter about collections. The GoMA in correlation with the Logan Art Gallery are doing a few workshops where people with strange and wonderful collections can show them off at Kangaroo Point; and I thought to take part, seeing I collect a few different things.
The collection I'm going to show off - as I have about 4 completely different collections that are growing and I'm perfecting right now, and I'm only allowed to pick one - is my collection of rare and out-of-print books. I began my collections of these by pure accident at the age of 23. When I found my first out-of-print/rare book, it didn't cross my mind that a young person was allowed to have something as fine or as collectable as this in their possession. It just wasn't something that I didn't think about at that time in my life.
Now, I'm almost 40 and I have been hunting down these particular types of books for 15 years now; and I'm not about to stop. This collection of books I'm going to display is going to be something I've never let out of my house, let alone shown any of my friends. So, this will be an absolute first for me to do with my collection: letting the public see something of mine that has been hidden from everyone in my life except me.
So, do you collect something specific? What is it? Do you show off your collection or hide it to preserve it - like I do? Until my next post, keep creating. 
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