The Art Has a Past
The waterfall that found a wardrobe.
A watercolor by Juls, a yellow parachute, and the moment a Pursuit illustration became art for a shirt.
Read the story ↗Penny Lane / The collected records
My desk. The filing room is considerably larger.Please mind the open drawer. Which matter
BRND THNGZ / THE FILING ROOMUNDER THE CARE OF P. LANE
Do come in. And do be discreet.
The Archives.
The art has a past. Naturally, I have the particulars.
Some of them are fit for company.
I keep a file for that
Which matter
requires your attention?
01 /
The Art Has a Past
The maker, the provenance, the circumstances. I do inquire after the art.
02 /If These Walls Could Talk
The residents and their little commotions. I know considerably more than I say.
03 /Good THNGZ Get Kept
The clothes and objects that have secured a place in someone’s affections.
04 /Your Name Belongs Here
Particular businesses, considered collections, and the conversations that gave them ideas.
05 /Quite the Occasion
Who gathered, what was made, what found its way home. I retain the invitation.
A few things on file
Recently filed.
Good THNGZ Get Kept
The shrimp who overstayed his welcome.
A Tastings Holiday Muse campaign keepsake: strategy by Creative Director Whit, artwork by Juls, and a shrimp with no intention of leaving.
Read the story ↗Your Name Belongs Here
The card that refused to be rectangular.
A Tastings calling card, a rather particular silhouette, and Rhoda’s tendency to keep the interesting ones.
Read the story ↗Good THNGZ Get Kept
A sweatshirt of undisclosed origin.
Rhoda’s Harvard sweatshirt, a hurried concealment, and SOA’s own collegiate keepsake.
Read the story ↗Your Name Belongs Here
So, a pilot and an attorney buy a laundromat…
A lobby meeting, an improbable business arrangement and a small object I had the foresight to retain.
Read the story ↗COLLECTED, ANNOTATED & KEPT PENNY LANE / BRND THNGZ
I shall inform reception
Shall I keep you
informed?
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