Week 91: Memorials 9 – 12

There’s the Blue Öyster Cult symbol, a combination of a cross and a question mark, painted large behind the twin bed were a crucifix once hung. There’s the collection of military miniatures, painstakingly painted and placed in perfect military formation, an impending battle. There’s the killer record collection neatly stacked on the shelves, the [...]

Week 80: Memorials 1 – 8

A young boy lays on his bed with roadrunner sheets looking over his stamp collection. His album is full of stamps from strange faraway islands like Christmas Island or Wallis and Futuna, or wealthy city-states like Monaco or Umm al-Quwain, stamps from countries that no longer exist like Nyasaland or Rio Muni. The stamps [...]