https://www.themst.org/new-index daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5cfb1a24c81db800016a1256/1559960104457/objects_wassaic_sand_web.jpg New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5d8aa9631288c6064681fa37/1569367708985/ New Index - Leila, 25, Oakland, CA This fabric wrapped container was given to my by my mother in 2015 before she left for Saudi Arabia to pursue her dreams of teaching around the world. The box itself was created by a former student of hers who has a mental disability 9my mom bought it it at an art school for mentally disabled artists). Inside the box I keep a letter from my late grandmother and a piece of scrap from a religious flier with her favorite bible verse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5d8ac319def8834a610cb9cc/1569375018162/sarah_grinnell2_Elvispaper_web.jpg New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5d8ac3da7c1cc52e13844ec1/1569375217559/Objects_pittsburgh_krista_web.jpg New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5d8ac473def8834a610cd75f/1569375583248/objects_Leila_dictionary.jpg New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5e16c0a289782e64aa59270a/1570067932901/ New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5e193bb975e9e6565ca69458/1578711508804/ New Index https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5fb1938b08f95b782a9b5349/1605469359914/ New Index - Vilianna, 34, San Francisco ,CA A rough piece of light brown stone with dark and light specks throughout. The stone is Gularian mineral which brings prosperity, fortune and success. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5fb1e816162257496bb63220/1605216273245/ New Index - Mary Nichole, 26, San Francisco, CA This photo is of my mother. She has been a bedridden stroke patient for a decade. I keep this photo of her by my desk so that I can continue to remember her spirit; her big smile, and the way she positions her hands as she eats, are some characteristics that I have adopted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/5fb1ef50162257496bb746e8/1605495409895/ New Index - Information lost, San Francisco, CA Three old silver rings overlapping each other. Two have small stones, one clear and the other light purple. The third ring has a large translucent grey stone in a detailed setting. I have been wearing these rings since I moved to San Francisco. This is where I found myself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/6088de3c1ead716104a3f522/1619464786336/ New Index - Darlene, 47, Richmond, CA Within a gold-tone ornate frame, two children, one Caucasian and one black, sitting on the back of a brown leather couch holding dolls. A photograph of me and my sister when we were young. I use this photograph when I give talks to discuss how lived experiences influence how the world treats us and how we become who we become. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/t/6088ea6c72071171426085d6/1619582846539/ New Index - Angie, 32, Oakland, CA Front view of gold framed Ray-Ban aviator style sunglasses with light brown bridge and ear pieces. The Ray ban sunglasses was belongs to my dad. He was very stylish when he was young, and mjy sister, borther and I always like his old stuff. But since I don't live in HK with my family (I'm the only one away from HK)I don't get a chance to get his things when he discoer some old stuff at home. This glasses is the only thing that my sister and brother were not interest and I really fall in love with. My dad has a really great story about his past. And every time I go back home, I ask him to tell me the story again altho I don't know how the sunglasses associate with any story he told, it just remind me of his awesomeness evertime I wear it. To give you a sense of his awesomeness: Wehn he was in his 20's he left Vietnam to China during Vietnam war, and went to Hong Kong with $5 in his pocket. He spent $1 on cigarettes, and another $1 for a few hot buns, and found ways to live his life with the remaining $3. That's very important for me. 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My mother + I found it, cleaned it and it stayed on the counter sharing a plate with an aloe plant until she died. When she died I took it and it now sits on my alter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829779a7dec04fd2e8a738/5d8298b6a7dec04fd2e8c970/1578531547852/objects_grinnell_mia1_web.jpg Galleries - Mia, 32, Vancouver 1 Tin: This tin I believe belonged to my Baba and then to my mother. I use it to transport things that are precious to me and it travels with me everywhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829779a7dec04fd2e8a738/5d8298ba2add93527032ba11/1578531547859/objects_grinnell_mia3_web.jpg Galleries - Mia, 32, Vancouver 3 Sticker: This sticker is from a strip that an ex-partner sent to me when I was in Israel / Palestine in 2007. It was on my computer for years and years. I guess it represents the innocence of the initial phase of our relationship, which quickly fell apart. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829779a7dec04fd2e8a738/5d8298bc04c37d60a6384bf6/1578531547947/objects_grinnell_milkers_web.jpg Galleries - Don, 90, Grinnell Kickers for holding cattle legs: These kickers hold a cows legs together when you milk them so you won't get kicked. I grew up on a farm + took over the family farm. This pari of kickers reminds me of an incident that happened in Germany in WWII trying to milk a cow w/o kickers + got kicked over into a pile of manure. I saw a pair of kickers like this And I was able to milk the cow. The city boys I was with got a good laugh. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829779a7dec04fd2e8a738/5d8298ba8541c55a85472f0a/1578531547914/objects_grinnell_mia4_web.jpg Galleries - Mia, 32, Vancouver 4 Bracelet: This bracelet is something I took from my Baba's jewelry box after she died. When i showed it to my mother she told me that he had purchased it for my Baba as a gift. I wear it when I want a physical connection to them both. 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He came into my life when I was five years old and he lived to be 19 years old. He passed away on my first day of grad school. He was my best friend. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aaa3cc28a46098411661/1578620415308/_MG_5509+2_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa9ea9f00c1ec8c9b957/1578620416529/_MG_5506+2_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa97ae6a5a3a7f7aa933/1578620415289/_MG_5503+2.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa9681b391136bd61249/1578620415325/_MG_5497_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa903cccc3341bdc9163/1578620415195/_MG_5496_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa8eae6a5a3a7f7aa896/1578623142712/_MG_5478+2_.jpg Galleries - Olive, 45, San Francisco, CA Went to Yosemite-was all depressed about world situation and personal troubles until I arrived Yosemite's Beauty erased it all. This key ring is a Yosemite souvenir. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa88ae6a5a3a7f7aa834/1578622831747/_MG_5474_.jpg Galleries - Quinn, 5, San Francisco, CA They mean a lot to me https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa7d53425916d16ceb06/1578623101915/_MG_5472_.jpg Galleries - Amy, 55, Orinda, CA A well used/work "dress makeup" measuring tape. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa7bfb48423f80ed356d/1578620415170/_MG_5469_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa78fb48423f80ed3520/1578620415168/_MG_5467_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa76ad13ae3d9b27dc14/1578622890978/_MG_5458_.jpg Galleries - Zach, 33, Oakland, CA This is one of 3 cameras my grandmother gave me.I fell in love with photography using a camera my grandfather on my mother side gave me,which I eventually gave my sister while I have never used these,I have carried them or all of my moves for almost 20 years. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa743cccc3341bdc8e87/1578620416502/_MG_5432_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa70fe92ea4c6624c27d/1578620416659/_MG_5417.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa6ecc28a460984111c5/1578620415832/_MG_5412.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa67937a3466c0c4aa78/1578620415849/_MG_5404.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa5e937a3466c0c4a9a3/1578620415845/_MG_5401.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa5ef598883a3d43610f/1578620415839/_MG_5388.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa53a9f00c1ec8c9b1f3/1578622759343/_MG_5383.jpg Galleries - Rick, 70, San Francisco, CA A gift from a friend: Roadrunner-Tucson, AZ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa4f937a3466c0c4a886/1578622713799/_MG_5382.jpg Galleries - Rick, 70, San Francisco, CA A gift from a friend: Cowboy-New Orleans https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa483cccc3341bdc89c6/1578622672074/_MG_5381.jpg Galleries - Rick, 70, San Francisco, CA A gift from a friend: Snake-Coral(Oaxaca,Mexico) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa3ead13ae3d9b27d6e9/1578620415065/_MG_5379.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa333cccc3341bdc87dc/1578620416503/_MG_5376.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa30b5cea356b3cfc1bf/1578623035048/_MG_5373.jpg Galleries - Alyssa, 29, San Francisco, CA I bought it at Powell's Books in Portland OR in 2008. Since then it has come with me over 20 states and 15 Countries. It's got some character dents but I can't seem to retire it for a newer shinier alternative. I'm probably going to hold a funeral for it when it breaks catastrophically. All hail reusable water bottles! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa25a9f00c1ec8c9ad1e/1578622964182/_MG_5370.jpg Galleries - Anish, 28, San Francisco, CA I bought this shortly after I started my first real job and got my own car. It's one of the first things I got to feel a bit more like an "adult". https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa24cc28a46098410aa5/1578620415030/_MG_5368_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa24ae6a5a3a7f7a9ea1/1578622544740/_MG_5365.jpg Galleries - Shuyler, 20, San Francisco, CA The note was from an old coworker who was older and we sort of had a flirtation despite a 15 year age gap and I've had the note in my wallet for about 2 years.The second object,notebook,is a fairly new possession but it is special to me because I have all my art notes in it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa1ba9f00c1ec8c9ac02/1578622401738/_MG_5361.jpg Galleries - Nicolas, 23, Talca, Chile These objects represent for me, my identity and makes me feel that I am part of this world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa0bad13ae3d9b27d0e4/1578622387134/_MG_5360_.jpg Galleries - Nicolas, 23, Talca, Chile These objects represent for me, my identity and makes me feel that I am part of this world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa083cccc3341bdc8334/1578622368999/_MG_5358_.jpg Galleries - Nicolas, 23, Talca, Chile These objects represent for me, my identity and makes me feel that I am part of this world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92aa023cccc3341bdc82b5/1578622361167/_MG_5351.jpg Galleries - Nicolas, 23, Talca, Chile These objects represent for me, my identity and makes me feel that I am part of this world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9f8b5cea356b3cfbb03/1578620414937/_MG_5345.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9f1a9f00c1ec8c9a820/1578622063899/_MG_5343.jpg Galleries - Arthur, 69, San Francisco, CA I was born and raised in Harwich,Massachusetts,on Cape Cod. I graduated from Harwich High School. The Marineri are one of the teams in the Cape Cod League which is a summer league primarily for collage baseball player looking to play in the major leagues. Tim Lincecom formerly of the SF Ginats played for the Harwich Mariners. Buster Posey played for the Yarmouth Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9ef53425916d16cdc4e/1578621973304/_MG_5340_.jpg Galleries - Ann, 55, Petaluma, CA From the old market in Jerusalem. The glass for the eye dates to B.C. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9eb53425916d16cdbfe/1578620416398/_MG_5336.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9e7937a3466c0c49e76/1578621927410/_MG_5331.jpg Galleries - Jeanine, San Jose, CA Roses are my symbol.My mother who died when I was two , Her favorite flower was rose+color purple. When I was 17 my boyfriend gave me sterling silver (purple) roses. He called me his Rose-it became my nickname+persona of characters in the LARP I play-I met Lucas who made the necklace+his mother the earrings. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9e3ad13ae3d9b27cc5e/1578621786115/_MG_5322_.jpg Galleries - Graham, San Jose, CA Two were given to me, one I gave to myself, they all stay on my person every waking hour. They remind me of a time, but also elapsed time. They come close to them all day ,but their meanings are hidden. Each lives in a different place; they only touch through me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9d8ad13ae3d9b27cab8/1578620416647/_MG_5317_.jpg Galleries - Rob, 45, San Francisco, CA One of several hats that belonged to my grand-daddy, given to me by the mother. Many of my memories of him (he died when I was 7 years old) and photos of him are of him wearing hats. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9d353425916d16cd8bc/1578620416644/_MG_5314.jpg Galleries - Jeff, 32, Santa Monica, CA I've had the 10HKD in my wallet for 5 years.It's gone around the globe with me many times.From my first trip to Asia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9cccc28a46098410232/1578621691374/_MG_5306_.jpg Galleries - Galit, TelAviv, Israel I got this bracelet from my grand-mother, it is bracelet is familiar with the women from a little village in Algir ( cold"Constantine") to promise that they will have promise the woman security because it is made of gold.You can use it to get yourself out of trouble. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9c9b5cea356b3cfb588/1578620414899/_MG_5305_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9c1fb48423f80ed2166/1578620414896/_MG_5292_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9bcf598883a3d43506d/1578621582134/_MG_5277.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA Wooden Buddha for my spiritual life https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9b881b391136bd5fdf6/1578621546588/_MG_5270.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA Wooden Fertility Goddess with two chains. The Fertility Goddess is from Africa and the chains are representative of the Middle Passage that my ancestors were forced to endure on the bloodstain seas of the Atlantic Ocean. The triangular slave trade was the beginning of Corporate America via the European Crowns that bought and stole African Bodies for the formation of their new Banana Republics. The male and female African Statues are representative of my Ancestry. Bantu African, Irish, Native American, and Asian. I took the 23-and-Me DNA test to confirm my family's oral history . https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9a6b5cea356b3cfb18a/1578621463164/_MG_5268.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA SFSU Purple School Banner for my Graduation gift Imagine Star with Chi Sigma Iota International Honor Society Pen, and two Piano Pens from my piano days with the National Music Academy of the West White Chi Sigma Iota International Honor Society's Graduation sash. This is an honor society that counseling grads are vetted first then invited to apply for. All members have to maintain a 3.75 GPA all the way through Grad school. I finished with a 3.9 GPA. I never thought I would ever be in any type of honor society at all given my poor academic records and my difference in abilities that made my learning process challenging. Thanks to new technology...I used this during grad school and It helped to maintain my GPA and helped me learn. What an honor to be in this society. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a9a3f598883a3d434db8/1578621368290/_MG_5263.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA 2017 Graduation Cap and Tassel for my M.S. Degree in Counseling. I returned to school after decades of working and doing volunteer work. It took me 10 years to get my prerequisites to qualify for graduate school then another 5 years in school 1/2 time then full time. I was pretty sick throughout school, had to quit one semester, then stayed sicked as I completed my thesis, presented my research at over 8 national conferences, and dealt with a lot of drama. Had to reach out to other peers outside of my dept. to get support and create a safe-space. This was one of the hardest things I have ever done. Given my poor academic record as a kid, then now a 3.90 GPA student. Amazing. Thank you Technology. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a99bad13ae3d9b27c42a/1605473163759/_MG_5259.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA Two necklaces; The one on the left is of white cowrie shells on black cord. The right is Crowry Shell belt that is symbolic for African Deities Fabric necklace that I made from cotton fabric then used a two part resin to make the fabric text feel like leather. Fiberalchemy is what I call it. I made these for my family members who really loved them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a997cc28a4609840fcb7/1605472894934/_MG_5257.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA Artwork of in warm brown tones set in a gold-tone heart frame with a winged heart at the top and surrounded by a feather motif. To the right is a pair of fabric, quarter circle shaped, French hook earrings also in warm brown tones. Framed Art in a vintage frame, with art that I designed with a technique that a just stumble upon. Fabric earrings that I made from cotton fabric then used a two part resin to make the fabric text feel like leather. Fiberalchemy is what I call it. I made these for my family members who really loved them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a994937a3466c0c495ca/1605472489989/_MG_5251.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A long, silver snake chain swirled up in a pile. Silver Necklace from my Grandmother who died. I was not allowed to go to my Grandmother's funeral, I was not told that she died on my Birthday (I found out this information when I did research when I was at Graduate School). My grandmother could pass for white, and she was very sickly...and died in her sleep. My mother and my grandmother did not like each other and I saw them yelling and my mother said, we will not be going to your (grandmother's) funeral. I got the necklace then the family showed up to take her stuff. My greedy step-aunt wanted my necklace, the only thing I wanted. I had the courage to say no to her greed. I was angry that people showed up to take her stuff, but did not go to the funeral nor cared about her when she was alive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a98fcc28a4609840fbf9/1605472353175/_MG_5247.jpg Galleries Two roughly heart shaped rocks dappled in warm orange tones. Two rock hearts that changed my life that were found at Dharma Dena meditation Retreat in Palm Springs. After Three days of silent meditation, I found these rocks and I knew I needed to live a very abusive situation or I might end up dead. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a98aa9f00c1ec8c99c38/1605472190164/_MG_5246.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A book with a a white marbled cover “Family Pride. The story of the Parkers and the Gores. 1790-1970. by Donna Beasley Carter”. Family reunion book https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a97efe92ea4c6624a6a8/1605472002166/_MG_5245.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A white folded booklet with graphics in bright magenta on the cover: “August 1997 Family Reunion. Columbus GA” encircles “Parker Upshaw, Crawford, Pitts” in block letters to form the head of a tree with graphics of a trunk beneath. A slip of paper sticks out from the top. On the right is a page dedicated to the Parker family which includes two photographs. Family reunion program https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a972ad13ae3d9b27c0b5/1605471569831/_MG_5244.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A white t-shirt folded in a clear plastic bag. Words visible in outlined yellow block letters read, “Family Reunion” arcing over marbled grey lettering, “Parker Upshaw”. More text is folded behind. The Parker Pitts family Reunion T-Shirt. I did not have any idea of who I was back in 1996 ish. and I relative sent me a bunch of information about our family. He and another relative researched our family and wrote a book about who were were. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a967fb48423f80ed17f4/1605471272447/_MG_5243.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A red folded booklet, “Two great ladies reaching out, 1st reunion August 12 - 14 1986”. surrounded by an illustration in black linework. Family reunion program. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a95efb48423f80ed1723/1605471017903/_MG_5242.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A cursive hand written letter on dogeared lined notebook paper: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a95881b391136bd5f3bf/1605470831335/_MG_5241.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A type written letter dated December 24, 1996. Hand written at the bottom, “Plus slave information”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a94ffb48423f80ed1522/1605470657297/_MG_5237.jpg Galleries - April, San Francisco, CA A copy of a bill of sale densely packed with tight cursive writing: Slave Manifest of my ancestors, when I first saw this inventory list with my ancestors on it along with non-human property, I started screaming like bloody murder and could not stop crying. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a94cfb48423f80ed14ec/1605470510369/_MG_5222.jpg Galleries A square watch on a gold link band with a safety chain. The watch is stretched out horizontally, showing the whole of its ivory face with roman numerals and gold pusher at the top. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a94aae6a5a3a7f7a87cc/1605472546047/_MG_5197.jpg Galleries An oval moonstone pendant topped with a small round moonstone accent in a simple silver setting on a silver box chain which is coiled above it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a943ad13ae3d9b27bcee/1569894716645/_MG_5143.jpg Galleries - No Information, San Francisco, CA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d9266694e98363a9b64f779/5d92a943f598883a3d434338/1605469359914/_MG_5171.jpg Galleries - Vilianna, 34, San Francisco ,CA A rough piece of light brown stone with dark and light specks throughout. The stone is Gularian mineral which brings prosperity, fortune and success. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a7a971b0d040619a8a0/1572319073355/amyC_small.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a7c3043100cd9ba911f/1580497920136/Ash_small.jpg Galleries - Ash, Pinole, CA, 23 My father passed away three weeks before my 17th birthday. I have always felt that he was the closest person to me in my life, and I carry these small mementos with me everyday. The handkerchief has his initial - G for Gilberto - which is on like the many he carried in his pockets regularly. The necklace was a purchase he made in Miami that he wore every single day. It's supposed to be a Bull horn and according to Sicilian folklore, it's to ward off the evil eye and protect the reproductive system (he bought it when he and my mom were trying to have children). Lastly is a book clip night light he gave me around the age of 11. He was never very good at reading, he suffered from dyslexia and never grasped English as well as he did Spanish, but knew I was an avid reader. So he gave it to me to use as both a bookmark and a nightlight, for evenings I didn't want a bright lamp on before bed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a7a971b0d040619a8a5/1572319073038/aliciaE_small.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a7f4f33c83618590df5/1572319073242/christineE_small.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a7f550b3260b22b705d/1572319073051/brookW_small.jpg Galleries - Brooke, 31, San Francisco, CA My mom discovered that she could order fabric with photos printed on them. She made me this pillow of my dog, Jack (after his first haircut). I think this is a little weird and random, but I love it so much it. I keep it at my desk at work. I've had it for a little over a year now. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a82e743df740423058f/1580497846493/christopherR_sm.jpg Galleries - Christopher, San Francisco, 37 a dessicated European starling I’ve carried with me for a couple of decades. The long dead bird has lived in my studio since the late 90s, migrating from space to space, four in the boroughs of NYC and one in San Francisco. It's a cherished (and fragile) memento mori, a testament to the wonder, beauty, and ambivalence of existence. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a86e743df74042305bd/1572319074337/elizabeth_web.jpg Galleries - Elizabeth, San Francisco, CA My father gave this ring to my mother as a “push present” when I was born. My mother gave it back to my father when they divorced. My father gave it to me when I graduated college. This is my dysfunctional family ring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a903043100cd9ba9300/1572319074386/emily_web.jpg Galleries - Emily, 29, New York My most favorite of these objects is the small photo I keep in my wallet from my grandma. After college I moved in with her for a short while and while rummaging through some photo boxes together we found this strange photo of a naked man from WWII. She told me to keep the photo in hopes that it might bring me good luck in life, so I always have it with me in a slot in my wallet. Since then she's passed and this nudie pic is my little g'ma good luck charm. The other objects are my fraidy cat which keeps me safe at night from harm and danger! And the ring is from my bf, he formed it out of an industrial staple while I was whining to him that he never gave me any gifts https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6a9d62d7a44f241109fe/1572319073550/jenniferb_small.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6aa085e8a05c4a2b1636/1580497887111/jenny_s_small.jpg Galleries - Jenny, San Francisco, 38 My husband found this humming birds nest in our back yard the week our daughter was born. Now she holds it to practice being gentle. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6aa562d7a44f24110ad7/1580498476843/raphaelN_sm.jpg Galleries - Raphael, San Francisco, 50 Two rings, auto glass, and semi-precious stones. One ring is engraved yes, and the other no. I asked my long term love to marry me, and he said no. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6aa362d7a44f24110abb/1580498519112/minna_sm.jpg Galleries - Minna, Oakland, CA This rolling pin belonged to my grandmother. She gave it to my mother when my mother left Finland for the US. My mother gave it to me when I left home for college. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6aabe743df7404230a40/1580497274809/samj_sm.jpg Galleries - Samuel, 37, Oak Park, IL This knife Christmas gift from me to my father. He loved his knife and he said it was one the best gifts he had received. I can't remember exactly which year it was, but it was between 2002 and 2005. My father died in 2009, and this belonging that I got from him after his death. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6aac3043100cd9ba9578/1580498403583/Sara_25_LosAngeles.jpg Galleries - Sara, Los Angeles, CA, 23 The Top Ramen and Vienna Sausages are from the last meal I cooked with my grandfather. The other ephemera are things I collected on the day of his funeral. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6afe85e8a05c4a2b1eed/1605495409895/KC1_web.jpg Galleries - Information lost, San Francisco, CA Three old silver rings overlapping each other. Two have small stones, one clear and the other light purple. The third ring has a large translucent grey stone in a detailed setting. I have been wearing these rings since I moved to San Francisco. This is where I found myself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6afe971b0d040619b55f/1572319074324/KC_Web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b0318165c5530785cbb/1572319074549/KC4_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b024f33c83618591b1c/1572319073190/KC3_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b0b9f7d2a43f5fa8006/1572319073513/KC5_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b0d0a29214d439ff402/1572319073510/KC6_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b4418165c5530786782/1580498598561/objectsSARAH_small.jpg Galleries - Sara, Oakland, 10 .This is my backpack, I carry it with me every day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8e6b45e743df7404231982/1580498558329/objectsmelissaweb.jpg Galleries - Melissa, Washington DC, 33 Object is a Rosary from my mom. She travels with one and sleeps with one. When I left home for the first time alone, she gave me one. I don't have the original one, but somehow along the line she gave me this one and I keep it with me all the time. 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This is from my mom's collection. One of the original / large Ebony magazines. Small photo: Adell, my grandmother. She is still alive, she is 103 years old living in Texas. Larger photo: This is my great grandmother Bessie Wilson. She died about 20 years ago. They are from my maternal line. A lot of who I am and what I like comes from them https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec2d05d5f191ad2ce883f/1572319073070/evelynn_51_SanFrancisco_4.jpg Galleries - Evelyn, 51, San Francisco, CA, 2 This is my mom's obituary. She passed away 10 years ago. She was very important to me. Her name was Evelyn, I am her name sake https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec2caf21a152c431a9bea/1572319073072/evelyn_51_SanFrancisco2.jpg Galleries - Evelyn, 51, San Francisco, CA, 3 This is my mom's obituary. She passed away 10 years ago. She was very important to me. Her name was Evelyn, I am her name sake https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec2eef96fbc31e99ef347/1572319073765/franklin_85_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Franklin, 85, San Francisco, CA I am an usher at St. John Baptist Church at Third and Newhall. I've had the cross since 1988 or 89. I've been going to St. John since 1963. Since they had the riot on third. Ive been in and out, but this time I am there and I am staying. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec2eee9f9a90c12376cbc/1572319074264/evelynn_51_sanFrancisco_5.jpg Galleries - Evelyn, 51, San Francisco, CA, 3 My great grandfather passed away when I was eight years old. I spent summers in Texas with him. These are his glasses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec2fe34901e60510ecfac/1572319074264/joyce_69_SanFrancisco_2.jpg Galleries - Joyce, 69, San Francisco, CA, 1 My father Herman B. Wally Jr received these awards in WWII https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3225d5f191ad2ce8cff/1572319073203/joyce_69_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Joyce, 69, San Francisco, CA, 1 This is a photo of my father Herman B. Wally Jr. He graduated school in the 40s. He was from Texas and came to California to Study to be a termite inspector. He never said anything to me about the medal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec33ff96fbc31e99ef741/1572319073380/kimani_7_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec34bf21a152c431aa3cc/1572319073421/masha1.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec361e9f9a90c1237734a/1605496656406/masha2.jpg Galleries d https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec36c4e12d813b0cb672f/1572319072769/masha3.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec36c4e12d813b0cb6732/1572319072765/Masha4.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec37ae9f9a90c12377477/1605420082219/masha5.jpg Galleries A folded stack of travel tickets, the top one reads “ATH.ENA TICKET” with a cartoon drawing of a city skyline with a bus driving in front of it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3835d5f191ad2ce9293/1605420434579/masha6.jpg Galleries A ceramic offering bowl topped by a sculpted image of Mary and Child in soft, pastel colors. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec39a9135ee1aa9e7dfaa/1605420914436/masha8.jpg Galleries A wood vase showing rings and knots. It is narrower at the base, fills out near the top and narrows again to form a lip at its opening. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec38d9135ee1aa9e7decf/1605421141034/masha7.jpg Galleries A sprig of dried leaves: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3a3e9f9a90c1237765b/1605421693358/peter_75_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Peter, 75, San Francisco, CA, 2 A sculpture of a naked, goblin-like figure crouching on a rock. He has huge blue eyes large ears, a pointed goatee and he’s holding a fish. Gullum: I admire the sculpture and how the molding is made. I am a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies. I bought this sculpture in a shop in Japan town. I like the expression. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3a085c3b643b779440b/1605422170978/masha9.jpg Galleries A pastel colored image looking down on a town. Buildings and trees vary in height. One looks like a church. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3c84e12d813b0cb6d58/1605423149025/william_52_SanFrancisco_4.jpg Galleries - William, 53, San Francisco, CA, 3 A buckle of a large silver spider with all of its legs splayed out. This tarantula belt buckle was a gift from my late father. He knew I liked bizarre things. I used to wear this all of the time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3e0ec26e557b4422055/1572319073507/gwd_watch_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - No Information, San Francisco, CA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3bd5d5f191ad2ce957e/1605421483885/peter_75_SanFrancisco1.jpg Galleries - Peter, 75, San Francisco, CA In an elaborate scrollwork wood frame, an arrangement of feathers resembles a colorful bird and flowers. Picture with feathers: I bought this in a shop in china town. I was surprised that it is made from feathers and not drawn. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3f3ec26e557b442211b/1572319073050/Linda_61_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Linda, 61, San Francisco, CA My husband bought this form me in Gordon's Jewelry in Batton Rouge, LA. It has lasted the test of time. This ring was borrowed by my sister, cousins, and friends when they wanted to go out and not get hit on. In 1979 I ate something and the fine with the ring swole up and my father in law tried to cut it off my hand. He couldn't get it off and my hand was turning purple. Eventually Benedryl worked to help the swelling go down. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec3ea85c3b643b7794884/1572319073249/ishmael_15_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Ishmael, 15, San Francisco, CA These are my favorite shoes. I re-buy them every two weeks so they stay clean - always white. The first pair I bought two years ago. I started buying them every two weeks when I started shoe collecting https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec40a85c3b643b7794a73/1605422387121/maxine_74_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Maxine, 74, San Francisco, CA A gold-tone ring set with a long, oval, striated, green stone in a wide setting. I got this ring at the San Jose flea market 50 years ago. Green is my favorite color. I had an opal one that I kept on my right hand and I lost it, and it hurt me so bad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec40de9f9a90c12377cfb/1605422871738/rosa_93_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Rosa, 93, San Francisco, CA Two headshot photos; The one on the left is a young man dressed for graduation holding a rolled diploma. The right shows a woman with short, dark, curly hair wearing black. Photo of my daughter and youngest grandson https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec414f21a152c431ab112/1605423702540/sonya_58_SanFrancisco_1.jpg Galleries - Sonya, 58, San Francisco, CA, 1 A cell phone in a red case shows a photo of a young man in a white hat holding a little boy in front of a background of planets. The image also shows the phone service is T-Mobile, the image of the phone was taken at 1:36 and there was 56% battery remaining. Photo of my son and grandson Darnae and Na'Mon. Frisco Traumatized. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec42c34901e60510ee119/1605423933102/sonya_58_SanFrancisco_2.jpg Galleries - Sonya, 58, San Francisco, CA, 2 Stylized caricature of a white haired woman wearing black glasses, small hoop earrings and wearing a red jacket with an elaborate heart and flower broach on her left. Quilt photo: I kust made the cut for the senior citizen photo. I love seeing it all over on William Rhoades Quilt) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec51ed9a6e709375c2376/1572319073369/andrew_36_SanFrancisco_SM.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec51e4e12d813b0cb80ff/1605423425026/william_52_SanFrancisco1_sm.jpg Galleries - William, 53, San Francisco, CA, 1 A magazine issue of The Black Times, July August 1975. The cover features a headshot of a lighter skinned black women with her hair piled high, wearing big hoop earrings and lots of necklaces including a cross. A subtitle next to her reads “The Black Woman”. My dad ran Black Times Magazine from 1968-78. He published about a lot of prominent black folks like Angela Davis and Joyce Scott. James brown would help fund the magazine by taking out ads for his radio station WEBB in Baltimore. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5d8ec57e9135ee1aa9e7fc4d/1572319073216/marquis_26_SanFrancisco_sm.jpg Galleries - Marquis, 26, San Francisco, CA I bought this on vacation in Los Angeles. My dad once got me a bracelet of the same link that I lost. This reminds me of that bracelet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7537a7bb9f82f37185fe3/1605496288006/chloe_33_Paris2.jpg Galleries - Chloe, 33, Paris, 3 A woman looks down at a baby in her arms. My sister took this polaroid of me holding my niece when she was three weeks old. I was afraid to hold her because she was so tiny. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753911d256a2af63979c3/1605392690720/elaine_27_SanPablo.jpg Galleries - Elaine, 27, San Pablo, CA Two large rings the one on the left is an long oval in turquoise set in silver. The one on the right is turquoise and rectangular. Left: My family used to go to the Richmond flea market. My brother told me about a woman who had cool thrifted pieces. She liked me so much, she gave me a small discount! Right: I used to work at Buffalo Exchange. All of my co-workers had turquoise rings. I would always look for them when people would sell them but none of them fit. And then I gave up. Not that long - a few weeks after - a woman brought in all of the silver/turquoise from her parent's shop that closed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7539fd3acba0c3bf452a8/1605392882577/emily_32_Brooklyn.jpg Galleries - Emily, 32, Brooklyn, NY A heart shaped enameled pin in red with contoured white lettering, “Hungry Heart that fits into the shape of the heart. One of my best friends, Erica, is an artist and has a pin project, she make this pin. It is a reference to Bruce Springstein. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7537a126916674d4ab510/1572319073854/chloe_33_Paris.jpg Galleries - Chloe, 33, Paris, 1 I bought this scarf for myself before I came to San Francisco. I searched a long time for it. It symbolizes a period of life after a difficult time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753acfbb35e001fb3b229/1605420298731/kevin_61_philadelphia.jpg Galleries - Kevin, 61, Philadelphia, PA A silver-tone scrollwork cross, top section surrounded by a circle, with its long chain piled above it. My daughter brought this Celtic cross necklace back from Ireland for me in 2011. Most of my ancestors are from Ireland https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753a535dfd85b45260440/1605420670631/H_28_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - H, 28, San Francisco, CA A bright red hand painted box with a flourish brass latch. It is decorated with white mandala patterns embellished with blue rhinstones. This box was hand made and painted by my girlfriend with sweet notes inside. I open it up and read them when I am feeling bummed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753b77bb9f82f371863ef/1605421079327/Lynn_48_LitchfieldPark.jpg Galleries - Lynn, 48, Litchfield Park, AZ A rumpled one pound note with a torn corner. The note features an image of Sir Isaac Newton on it. My dad always had money in his pockets and he loved to give it to people. He handed me this note about 5 years ago and said something like, “get something nice for yourself,” I have kept it in my purse ever since. He died of dementia last year. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753e5ec212430c589d6dc/1605421283472/Michael_29_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Michael, 29, San Francisco A stout folding knife with a black handle locked in its open position. I have had this knife for 8 years. It is my daily cary - practical use knife. I have purchased three replacements over the years when I thought I had lost it, but I have always found it again. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753eafbb35e001fb3ba11/1605422025356/ron_22_santacruz.jpg Galleries - Ron, 22, Santa Cruz, CA A black two-fold wallet open to reveal card slots on the right with a Safeway club card and Wells Fargo Platinum debit card peaking out the top and on the right, a window slot featuring a student ID card. My school is one of the few places on earth that I get to feel at home and having my ID feels like I am carrying a bit of UCSC everywhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db753f735dfd85b45260a75/1605422991326/ruben_35_sanjose.jpg Galleries - Ruben, 35, San Jose, CA An Olympus Camera on a wide, yellow camera strap. We all see the world with a different perspective. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db75416d3acba0c3bf45ec6/1605419748059/chloe_33_paris3.jpg Galleries - Chloe, 33, Paris, 2 A gold-toned wide band ring with a blue square stone set into it. My mother gave me this ring because I felt sad after a bad relationship. This is the only ring that my mom and dad bought together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db75403d3acba0c3bf45d94/1572319073209/Shirley_63_alameda.jpg Galleries - Shirley, 63, Alameda, CA This is my dad's tie. He had one tie and one suit and he wore them to all occasions (weddings, funerals, etc.). I kept it when he died. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7541935dfd85b45260e99/1572319074279/tess_36_Oakland.jpg Galleries - Tess, 36, Oakland, CA Aquamarine (my birth stone) necklace my grandmother gave me for my 16th birthday. She got it in Alaska. I never take it off. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7542450058b2d4f319a51/1572319074409/goldie_35_Berkeley.jpg Galleries - Goldie, 35, Berkeley, CA My greatest lover spotted these earrings. When I wear them, it reminds me of the day we had together. Earrings are a signature item I wear. I love these earrings. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db754327bb9f82f37186fc5/1605422621474/grace_25_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Grace, 26, San Francisco A pair of round, white, pearl stud earrings. I bought these as a gift for myself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7542250058b2d4f319a49/1572319073120/beto_33_oakland.jpg Galleries - Betto, 33, Oakland, CA I have been carrying notebooks since I was 15 years old. I use it to jot down things that happen during the day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7544c544c726df2168d35/1572319073217/madeleine_24_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Madeleine, 24, San Francisco These earrings were given to me by my ex-boyfriend's mom. They make me think of his family and how kind they are and how many fond memories I have of them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7544f35dfd85b452615eb/1572319073359/michael_30_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Micheal, 30, San Francisco, CA My Grandfather wore this necklace for 60 years until he passed. Then it was given to me. It ties me physically to my blood and my history. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db75436d866e53bfd2c4c6d/1605422526796/jesse_46_Berkeley.jpg Galleries - Jesse, 46, Berkeley, CA A well-worn US Postal Money Order. My father was not a wealthy or even professional man, but small amounts of money via mail were the way he would try to show he cared, given we were estranged. "Funny money for your pocket" was what he would call it. This money order is the only such gesture I have left. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db754607bb9f82f37187583/1572319074240/TaniaandCasey3.jpg Galleries - Casey, 32, San Francisco 1 This piece is a companion piece to my grandfather's pipes. While those came from my paternal side in an artist household, this candy dish came from my grandmother on my maternal side - a household of privilege from Pittsburg, PA. The dish is made from silver and engraved with her initials, a luxury item that at one point was clearly loved. It was passed down to my wife and I after our marriage, partially because there are expectations that we are beginning the next line of the family. That act, and the object itself, is an anachronism, and without any further information about the piece it acts as a window (or a blurry mirror?) into my family's past. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7546335dfd85b4526173d/1605424284877/taniaandcasey4.jpg Galleries - TAnia, 30, SAn francisco, 4 On the left, a square wooden box painted with red flowers on a stem of green leaves. On the left is a cork with a silver coin pushed nearly half way into the narrow end. My husband proposed to me while we were traveling in Scotland. The day after he proposed we stayed at a bed and breakfast in a tiny town in a particularly rural area. We giddily told the B&B owner, and later that evening he poured us champagne in celebration and gave us the cork. Apparently it's an old tradition in Scotland to take a silver coin and put it in the cork of the celebration champagne of an engagement. I bought the box the holds the cork at a stall in the train station at the end of the trip. It is a puzzle box where the lid is locked shut until you push the secret panel that released it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db754731d256a2af6398ec6/1572319072940/taniaandcasey5.jpg Galleries - Casey, 32, San Francisco 2 These pipes have a very complicated meaning for me. They were my grandfathers pipes - he was an avid pipe tobacco fan. I have clear memories of him drinking vodka martinis, listening to classical music, and smoking on his pipe in his house in the Hollywood hills. He was the scenic art director for the Laurence Welk show and the house was filled with 1950s-60s fashionable art, and these pipes bring the magic of that place - complete with secret passages - back. On the other hand, my grandmother died of emphysema. Despite the fact that she was a closet smoker, the autopsy determined that it was most likely due to my grandfathers pipe tobacco. These pieces thus also function as a reminder of unintended consequences and the hidden horrors of the popular pastimes of bygone eras. They also make for great conversation pieces on my living room counter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db754831d256a2af639902d/1572319073419/taniaandcasey7.jpg Galleries - Tania, 30, San Francisco, 3 The Dutch clog pendant was given to me on my 7th birthday by my grandparents on my father's side. They were both born and raised in the Netherlands and spent their adult lives traveling around the world working for Shell Oil. They were very quiet, pragmatic people who displayed no vanity in their culture or for their experiences. The only time any emphasis was put on my Dutch heritage was when I was given this pendant. It is a reminder for me of them and the way they carried themselves. The squid pendant is a netsuke that was added to the necklace last year on my honeymoon in New Zealand. It was made by a Japanese man who had immigrated to New Zealand after a long career in journalism. We spoke at length about his life and the traditional Japanese carvings he makes from local animal bones and horns. The squid is carved from a whale's tooth and the eyes are inlaid deer horn. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db75482544c726df2169083/1572319073101/taniaandcasey6.jpg Galleries - Casey, 32, San Francisco 3 These pipes have a very complicated meaning for me. They were my grandfathers pipes - he was an avid pipe tobacco fan. I have clear memories of him drinking vodka martinis, listening to classical music, and smoking on his pipe in his house in the Hollywood hills. He was the scenic art director for the Laurence Welk show and the house was filled with 1950s-60s fashionable art, and these pipes bring the magic of that place - complete with secret passages - back. On the other hand, my grandmother died of emphysema. Despite the fact that she was a closet smoker, the autopsy determined that it was most likely due to my grandfathers pipe tobacco. These pieces thus also function as a reminder of unintended consequences and the hidden horrors of the popular pastimes of bygone eras. They also make for great conversation pieces on my living room counter. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db7548bd3acba0c3bf468e0/1572319073266/taniaandcasey8.jpg Galleries - Casey, 32, San Francisco 4 Set phasers to sentiment! I've always been a huge nerd, and as a kid I enjoyed staying inside, building computers, playing video games and reading instead of traditional childhood activities. Rather than pressure me into changing, my parents embraced it and supported me, even going far enough to learn about my hobbies and buy me toys like this Next Generation Stark Trek phaser (which was not all the rage for kids in the early 90s). While I went through my angsty years and rebelled by joining the football team and a fraternity in college, as an adult I've learned to embrace those interests and even managed to find a wife who appreciates them! This piece represents the hope for all those little kids with huge glasses hidden in a dark room wishing for a world that appreciates them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db765a20c6098335c636876/1572319073417/tania_sanfrancisco3.jpg Galleries - Tania, 30, San Francisco, 2 When I was little I had two stuffed animals that I slept with every night, a pink bunny and a pink bear. I named the bear "Bunny" and the bunny "Bear" to confuse people. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db765a2bdb709351aff35ef/1572319073373/tania_Sanfrancisco_2.jpg Galleries - Tania, 30, San Francisco, 1 This is the oldest of a collection of Russian Babushka dolls that I gathered as a child with my grandmother. My grandmother was born in Russia and fled with her family to Palestine (later Israel) in the fifth Aliyah at the start of World War II. She was very proud of her Russian heritage and would tell me stories about her family while taking me to find new dolls to add to my collection. We would go to delis, camera store and other shops owned by Russian people and she would speak to them in Russian or Hebrew or even German once to pull down the dolls they all seemed to have displayed up on high shelves. The consecutively smaller dolls that nest inside of the Babushka - which is the Russian word for 'grandmother' - make me this of my grandmother's family history and protection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db78670d6f0355ba3434a24/1605495612134/william_52_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - William, 53, San Francisco, CA, 2 A free-form shaped stone in shades of purple, yellow to white and clear. I found this stone on a beach in Massachusetts when I was in college. I was walking along the beach and this stone washed up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8e69c262d7a44f2410f485/5db78be4190b4f42696d2f90/1605495866695/andrew_36_SanFrancisco_SM.jpg Galleries - Andrew, 36, San Francisco, ca A 1979 Susan B. Anthony silver dollar. 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The eighth, at the left, is a thicker filigree cuff bracelet. These are kind of like prayer bracelets. They all come from different places. The thin ones come from the region in the Philippines where my maternal Great Grandmother comes from. She raised me, as an adult I went baack to try and figure out why she left the mountains to the low lands. I was sad I could not find the info. I was hanging with the elders who were asking my craft. They told me to bring my craft where I go. They are a reminder to care for my hands, which are my tool. The others were added to the collection through the years. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8552f192c75f103f3029db/1570225567887/debbie_42_SanFrancisco_2.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 1 This handkerchief was a gift from my sister https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553011f1b7e66d906a0fd/1619210310230/debbie_42_SanFrancisco_3.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 2 One single bright red imitation rose petal. I won $10 tickets to Hamilton on Broadway in New York. This red silk rose petal is from the show. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85532c47101b6c8687a422/1619210398408/debbie_42_SanFrancisco_4.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 3 Two crossed wedding bands: White gold vintage wedding band and ring found in Hawai'i - diamond, sapphire and white gold. Wedding band made of recycled white gold and diamonds. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85532f47101b6c8687a444/1619210572066/debbie_42_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 4 Tan leather pouch with exposed stitching is displayed with its neck strap extended and meandering. The fetish mentioned below sits atop the pouch. This Zuni fetish bear with coral and turquoise and leather bag was a gift from my mentor and is a source of protection and support. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d855345ddfd185309ac2a50/1619411736948/jackie_35_SanFrancisco_1.jpg Galleries - Jackie, 35, Oakland, 2 Keychain without keys features two charms; One is a brown rectangular toothy monster with one arm up and the second a bright lime green capital A. The keychain belonged to my sister who passed away in March. When I gave back the keys to her apartment to her landlord, I kept the keychain in my purse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85533168af8823780a6bba/1619411631951/Jackie_35_Oakland_2.jpg Galleries - Jackie, 35, Oakland, 1 Rough edged folded paper is open to show line drawings in blue pen: In addition to the drawing described below, there are also two little slash mouthed emoji faces off to the left and a pinwheel design on the right. The scrap paper drawing is a "collaborative" drawing by myself and my partner. I drew a random squiggle line and he drew the alien coming out of a person. It made me laugh a lot and I keep it in my wallet for laughs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85534f14ffd35492822084/1619210981427/jen_45_Alameda.jpg Galleries - Jen, 45, Alameda Silver-tone chain bracelet loaded with charms ranging from hearts and combs to dogs and couples. I started collecting charms from my grandmother when I was little. After I got married, my husband started getting me charms and now my children do. One is from my husband's grandmother. My hope is by the time I am ninety it will be full. It is kind of like a photo album I wear - a personal timeline of reminders. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553603a083911907331da/1570225568213/Meg_54_Oakland_1.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 4 My mom wore my dad's wedding ring, my mom sized it after he passed so she could wear it. She wore it til she passed. my mother's mother's wedding band diamond ring is my father's mother's wedding ring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553663a08391190733226/1570225568247/meg_54_Oakland_2.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 5 No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553541f1b7e66d906a6d8/1619211139511/kija_40_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries Open book of ivory colored paper says “Notes of a Native Son” in type across the center of the right page. Below, a faint handwritten note runs diagonally. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85537bb41b640ba520b694/1570225568167/Meg_54_Oakland_4.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 2 This cat wall hanging was always on my mother's wall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553a01f1b7e66d906abdb/1570225568341/mukt_49_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Mukt, 49, San Francisco My friend's dad who I am very close to made this for me. I carry it in my wallet because it is very special. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553a7e7a89537825fcef9/1570225568317/nick_32_Oakland_ring.jpg Galleries - Nick, 32, Oakland A ring from Mexico, I got it in New Orleans in a junk store on a special trip. I have lost it and found it several times since then. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85538c3a08391190733625/1570225568270/meg_54_Oakland_6.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 6 This beaded bracelet was made by either my dad or my brother made with both of my parent's initials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553b1e7a89537825fd048/1570225568395/patrick_72_SanFrancisco_ring.jpg Galleries - Patrick, 72, San Francisco I am not married. I wear it because I have been married before. It gives me a sense of security, men don't feel threatened and women that I know don't get the wrong idea. It also gives a sense of security to my children. I have 6 children from two marriages. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553acddfd185309ac332a/1570225568339/objects_Leila_dictionary.jpg Galleries - Leila, 29, San Francisco I found this dictionary from 1893 at a bookstore in the middle of Wisconsin. I don't remember the city but the bookstore was named Driftless Books. I'll never forget that bookstore because I found it as I was drifting through this small town, looking to escape the confines of my artist residency. When I found this dictionary, the bookstore owner gave it to me at no cost. Apparently no one had ever shown interest in it. But this object reminds me how transient language can me, it is my first dictionary in my growing collection of dictionaries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85546b3a0839119073476a/1570225568190/Meg_54_Oakland_3.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 3 Scent memory is so strong and this smell is my mother through and through. I see her when I walk by someone wearing it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85546b14ffd35492823689/1570225568532/rania_51_Beijing.jpg Galleries - Rania, 51, Beijing In the seven years before I married my husband we were long distance. this was before email was ubiquitous in China. We used to send letters back and forth. He made this chipmunk doll look like himself. He also made it look like an airmail package. I unearthed this going through my storage on this visit back to san francisco. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d855496b41b640ba520cf12/1570225568393/david_57_SAnFrancisco.jpg Galleries - David, 57, San Francisco This is a polaroid of my dad standing next to a giant image of the moon. It was taken on the occasion of the moon landing. We watched the moon landing together on a black and white television in our back yard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85551768af8823780a926a/1570225568133/Meg_54_Oakland_5.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 1 a photo of my mom that I had never seen before when she was 18, she was a rainbow girl – she is also wearing the dress she got married in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc61fc48d1309110a137/1619408600990/engraved_mirror_CCA.jpg Galleries A round glass plaque embellished with scrolled edges and a flower at the bottom edge, engraved at the center with “Anton Jeng, 12-6-91”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc684f0db4141dca662e/1619207463105/fingernail_CCA.jpg Galleries - Information not available What looks like a whole fingernail with chipped bright yellow polish. The polish doesn’t cover the bottom part of the nail which has cracks in it. Fingernail with polish. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc61fc89f517227a6bfe/1619207481560/dana_30_Richmond.jpg Galleries - Dana, 30, Richmond, CA A pale pink silken flower with a peach center. I was wearing this in my hair the night that I was drugged and sexually assaulted. I only drank a beer and a half. My ex and I were outside hanging out with some people. One of them seemed like a friend of a friend. He offered us all some drink off his flask. My ex and I weren't planning on staying at each other's houses. He had work early and I had school. But the next thing I knew I started to feel weird. My ex must have too because he said, let's go home. I was in the back seat of his car, and there was this stranger we had met at the bar. Then everything went black. I woke up in an abandoned car in Park Merced, with this stranger in the back seat on top of me. I started freaking out, and he must have been freaked too, because he started freaking out. I ran out of the car down this hill. he had me believed that he had been drugged too, because he kept acting like he was freaked about that as well. The drugs made it so that I had very critical thinking skills. I felt very foggy headed. I ran down to a catholic school and burst into their office hysterical. They called the cops. I was freaking out trying to find my boyfriend at the time. I couldn't find my phone, so I didn't know his number by heart. This dude who was on top of me, helped me do some trick on the phone to call my ex and then left to go to bart. My ex came to the school I was at and was scared shitless because he had been drugged too and didn't know what had happened to me. He woke up in an abandoned apartment building in park merced with eight cops around him who were accusing him of breaking and entering. He had no recollection of breaking into the house. They let him go, but it could have been much worse because he had a big ass bag of euro pills on him. They could have got him for intent to sell. When the cops came to the school, I had started to become more lucid and realized that the dude had played me while the drugs were still effective. The cops started trying to accuse my boyfriend of rape, and I kept trying to yell for them to listen to me, that the guy had gone up to daly city bart. The cops kept trying to tone check me. So my boyfriend and I just left. They didn't give a fuck about me. They wouldn't even listen to what I was trying to say. I went to the hospital and did the whole rape kit thing. they gave me different pants and a different shirt to wear home. Before going to the hospital we had tried to piece together where his car was, where my phone was, and where the car was that I had woken up in. We found the car and took pictures and info from out of the car. Then we found his car. My phone was in his car. But in the back seat of my boyfriend's car, where I had been sitting with the stranger was one of my gold hoop earrings broken, and my hair flower. My boyfriend wanted me to burn all the items associated with it. His culture believe they carried bad energy now. he even offered to buy me new clothes to get me to do it, but I wouldn't. I don't wear the pants anymore. But I kept the flower, and sometimes I still wear it. But I always think of that night when I put it on. You'd think I'd want to get rid of it, but I can't. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc6a64d4b90d462df061/1619409120832/lighterandhead_CCA.jpg Galleries - Julianne, 21, Oakland, CA On the left, a turquoise streaked bright orange lighter with a yellow and black BIC logo at the top. On the right, a yellow plastic container with black and blue eyes, long eye lashes, a white line nose and mouth and a bright red flat top. The yellow container is shorter than the Bic lighter. Orange BIC lighter: "The best thing [my partner has] ever made". I don't smoke, but I keep it in my backpack anyway just in case someone needs a light. Yellow head: My friends and I call him Gluppie. He's full of rice paste and smells like sustenance. This gluey boy puts a smile on the face of anyone who sees him because he is so darn cute. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc75f191a5434988415b/1619207735063/religiousnecklace_CCA.jpg Galleries - Aya, 21, Oakland, CA A gold-tone chain bunched above a long, golden tube. To the right on its own sits what may be the end cap to the tube. This is my omamori. Mamori, in Japanese, means "to protect" and o- is the honorable prefix. The hexagonal case encloses a piece of red kimono that I received when I was a child. The red kimono is made daily in Tenri, Japan and every morning, it's offered to the shrine of Oyasama, foundress of the Tenrikyo faith. In the evenings, the makers cut it into square pieces and disseminate them. I wear it as protection and to remind myself of life's daily blessings. If I ever lose this, I won't be able to receive another one, so I protect it as well. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc7aa141d425eef66c03/1619409491115/skateboard_CCA.jpg Galleries - No Information Looking down on a black skateboard with a rectangular panel, slightly off center, depicting a white dog face amidst bright yellow and pink flowers Skateboard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc7464d4b90d462df117/1619409545692/ninjaturtlefabric_CCA.jpg Galleries - No Information White fabric with a scattering of ninja turtle heads, ninja pizza slices, lightning bolts, “Got Pizza” and other pizza paraphernalia. The fabric is folded unevenly, emphasizing its raw edges. Ninja Turtle fabric https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca2ce76032d73c5bf76/1619208336182/flat_penny_usf.jpg Galleries - No Information An oval shaped, stamped, smashed penny featuring natural landmarks and reading, “Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park” along the perimeter. Penny Souvenir https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca8fc48d1309110a822/1619208489781/headphones_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information White over-ear headphones with gold edging around the ear pieces. The headband is adjusted, showing the metal extenders within. Headphones https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcbddee9214f7cf3ce70/1619409994571/keychain-usf.jpg Galleries - No Information Yellow film canister keychain with film coming out of it. The images on the film show portraits of a couple in various poses. Keychain Souvenir with images of participant and her boyfriend printed on slide film. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca37e19f6412ac7a0ab/1619208851289/handcoloredvans_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information The photo looks down on a pair of white Vans sneakers painted abstractly in bright pink, yellow and turquoise. Both shoes are different with one mostly pinks on the top and the other with more added yellow and Turquoise. Hand painted shoes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcd9a141d425eef67376/1619410408885/prayer_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information Gathered up on the left, a necklace of green and white jade beads spaced out on black cord with a light colored jade carving of Buddha. On the right, is a brown-toned carved rectangular piece that is about twice the size of the Buddha. religious items https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcdb97e5945a3aed64f3/1619410579466/skateboard_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information The underside of this skateboard features a stylized black and white human figure in suit and tie with loafered feet crossed and topped with an angular cats head. Skateboard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcf8fc89f517227a7846/1619209499722/ticketsandfortune_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information A fortune cookie paper stretches diagonally across a collection of three ticket stubs. It reads, “Remember three months from now good things are coming your way”. Ticket stubs and a fortune https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcef5cbb7d7c85913b1e/1619209854282/ticket_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information Full and partial content is visible on a folded and well handled ticket stub including, “Chelsea v Le…ty”, “Premier League”, Friday 22 Dec, 15:00”, East Stand”, and Captain’s Bar, Seat N”. Ticket for a soccer game https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bd0fa141d425eef676f6/1619411025797/wofford_sketchbook_SAnFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Jenifer, San Francisco Landscape sketchbook is open to display pencil drawings of earthquake faults zig-zagging across the page. The edges of the faults are bold and shadowing is used to display the depth of the faults. The page on the left is yellow and the right is white with a black book marker ribbon down the middle. Sketchbook drawings of earthquake faults. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bd0ba141d425eef676b8/1619411227011/wallet_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information A brown leather looking tri-fold wallet lays open and empty except for an ID card featuring the headshot of a man with dark hair. “Nautica” is embossed in the lower right hand corner. Wallet with the id of the participant’s loved one. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8d/1457371190128/29.27.11_p06_PS6.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19463122540001ddd48b/1578530711921/Andrew_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Andrew, 25, Brooklyn, NY The watch I inherited after my dad passed in 2006. As a kid I remember my dad having a collection of watches. I admired my dad's collection and admired him and his taste/ style. So I would steal his clothes and watches to wear them to school in the morning. After his passing my mom gave me his collection and I haven't purchased a watch since or worn a different watch. I was given one of his most prized watch. Most of all I value the act of shaking and winding the watch. The reminder it will never truly break, watching the weights and gears turn. The print comes from my 1st + only dog I picked at age 12. I remember the excitement driving to the shelter. The drive home a puppy pitbull standing and fitting on y lap. Twelve years later my dog passed. The circumstance did not allow me to see her or say goodbye. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb1946ef43040001eb0a86/1578530711876/ameniahardwareguy_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - No information, Watch Collection, Wassaic, NY https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb194ef338d400013979b3/1578530711932/brendan_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Brendan, New York, NY No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19546878250001452be5/1578530711870/brenna_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Brenna, 39, Wassaic, NY/ Jersey City, NJ 1) A municipal sign from the city of St. Louis to mark snow routes. My friend procured one for me late at night. 2) Sand from Lake Powell in Utah. It's one of my favorite places. 3) My dad bought this for me to help furnish a dollhouse he built me after my parents divorced. 4) I made a batch of these for my students the first year I taught Literature Humanities at Columbia University. They were a reference to the ancient Greek pottery we had studied. 5) A gift from my best friend Kate when I moved to New York. 6) A gift from an ex who used to call me “Pumpkin” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb194eef43040001eb0ab1/1578530711955/Arthur_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Arthur, 64, Millerton, NY Using both vintage old personal objects and new objects to creat a marquise experience... painted bottles by Sidney Emansky also panted rocks 1940'2 - 1960's Brighton Beach and Kather Pens Another Favorite Slogan Gone Fishing for Gefilte Fish https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb195952439d0001cea247/1578530711915/cara_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Kara, 50, Dover Plains, New York This key is for a 1993 VW Cabriolet convertible. I got the convertible after borrowing my friends Mazda Miata during the week .She was a "weekender" that only used her Miata on weekends. She let me use the Miata because I was going through chemotherapy treatments + to drive in a convertible was like being on a mini vacation- it was freedom-so much fun. Finally- well actually - not long after- I needed to replace my old car, + I couldn't keep using her Miata + my dad found my VW Cabriolet in the paper. It was used-but only had 21,000 miles on it- basically new. Well, I bought it in 1995 + now it has 268,000 miles on it. I hope to make 300,000 miles on it before I get rid of it. I've driven to Seattle (w/a boyfriend) + backcross country (by myself) It has taken me everywhere. My 4 neices were little girls when I got it + now they are grown- in their 20's. They have so many great memories w/ me + the car. It's been the most enjoyable + consistent object in my adult life. - It's a part of me. I'll miss it when I have to sell it I'll cry. :( https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb195b6878250001452c0c/1578530711880/CF_web_wassaic.jpg Galleries - Lauren, 28, New York City My sister started making beaded necklaces when she was going through a challenging time emotionally & living at home. She used milk glass that belonged to my grandomther Cleo, a pendant she got while traveling in Israel that has a(n arabic?) coin on it an a small swirl charm my mom got in India. I love that she incorporated so many charms and beads that have been around for a long time in a new way. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb195bee229300011671a0/1578530711928/Cassie_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Cassie, 26, Wassaic, NY These rings were handed down from my grandmotheer to my mother and then to me and I never take them off. They are an extension of my limbs. They are all old- pawn turquoise from the fifties https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb195fbea42d0001cbceb7/1578530712114/charlotte_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Charlotte, Wassaic, NY Bronze passifier I made in college. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb1963e542360001ae1af8/1578530712151/donny_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Donny, 25, Stanfordville / Bancall, NY A 1970's Sigma acoustic guitar that my father gave me at 15 yrs. old. This guitar has seen a bit of ware and tare. I have recorded many records with this guitar and have brought it on many tours around the country. Blood has been spilled on this guitar. It has seen many good hands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19622cd25f0001acc690/1578530712131/Dion_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Deon, 24, New York, NY I encountered this $2 bill after an enchanting visit to Egypt during the Egyptian Revolution. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb196887c0cc0001628cea/1578530712147/elliot_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Elliot, 8, New York, NY Had the giraffe for 8.5 years prefers not to sleep without it. He chose the giraffe himself. He has two, one in the city and one in the country, the hands used to be made of satin, and he chewed them out. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb196ecb6e0f00018da5e0/1578530712153/gary_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Gary, Wassaic, NY My wolf t-shirts. I wear a wolf t-shirt every day. I used to have more, but people would ask me for them, so I gave a bunch away. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19702cd25f0001acc6d6/1578530712173/HE_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - H, 4, New York, NY Crocie the crocodile is my favorite because he is soft. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19732aecfd000197378f/1578530712196/ian_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Ian, 29, Pine Plains, NY Two of the objects are pieces of clothing my grandfather wore. He died. I wear the plaid shirt all the time. Probably the only important item I own, sentimentally speaking. The world map jacket reminds me of my grandfather, so I kept it. The doll was made by my ex-girlfriend. She was a very important person in my life The flo doll reminds me of both the nice and terrible times. She made it, she was very creative with the materials. It's made of a sweater I had that shrunk. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb197898f35300019a3218/1578530730172/Irfan_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Irfan, 25, Wassaic, NY The hat of the town I was raised in. I've made at least 100k pizzas in this hat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb1982e542360001ae1bc2/1578530712380/jeff_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Jeff, 31, Hudson / Indianola, NY Water is my favorite, and this bad boy comes with me wherever I go. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb197c328dd3000153df1a/1578530730153/Israel_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Israel, 43, Millerton, NY This picture was drawn by my twin girls Rose & Indigo. It has thier brother in it. He's the one with his hair on fire. I have lots of dreams with black bears in them. So i borrowed this skull from a friend https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19865e78670001bc4262/1578530712371/jill_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Jill, 23, Wassaic, NY It was the all purpose blanket of my childhood used for everything from covering up the backseat of the car to picnics with my dad to my bedspread in my first house after college. I think we got it at a yard sale or somewhere. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb198840541300018006ef/1578530730164/John_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Jon, London, England, 37 Things I carry in my wallet: Metrocard was used as I moved back to NYC from VT in 2007- I feel like it is good luck. Sacred heart thing- my parents gave me when I got my drivers license. Serenity prayer card- I am not sure where this came from- and it oddly has nothing to do with my addiction. Gemini pendant, NYCT Token, handwritten note are all from my grandmother - I got them after she ded (2011) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19918c38ea000120b88a/1578530712397/karen_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Karen, 62, Millbrook, NY My grandmother's front door house key from Opelousas Lousiana. I've carried it in my change purse for years and it has turned from silver to gold. My mom's toy stove I played with and is now on the shelf behind my wood stove. She was allowed to play iwth matches long before I was. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19997e01750001b2aca2/1578530712578/lanny_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Lanny, 66, Wingdale, NY These items belonged to my Vietnam Navy buddy Bill. While I was a poll barer at his funeral, his family asked me to put on his wach before he was removed from the hearse. I told them I am not worthy. His wife, mother, father, and sister said, "yes you are." It was a "his and hers" watch, matching with his wife's. The bracelet his wife gave me last year, it was also part of a "his and hers" set. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb199fb457350001757e49/1578530712629/Lauren_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Lauren, 65, Millerton, NY I've kept journals for 50 years. These 8 are a small representation of the journals. I always thought- wouldn't it be wonderful to have your grandmother's journals! Now I am a grandmother... Now I'm not sure. I will go back now and read through them. Then, I may burn them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb198e3122540001ddd890/1578530712388/kara2_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Kara, 50, Dover Planes, NY The teddy bear (who I called "Ted") has been with me since I was one or two years old: He used to reside on my bed with Trixie when I was a kid. Now they reside in my hutch. Ted has spent many a day with me (or night) hiding, escaping, crying or having fun under my bed. Trixie is named after my old neighbors' "real" dogs (they had those tall terriers Airedales? also named Trixie) Anyway Trixie (my trixie) was at one time very stuffed and handsome. I always thought I would stuff him back to his former self- but that is yet to happen. Now, I kind of like him the way he is now- it shows his age and history. PS Trixie lost his original eyes, so my grandmother sewed on replacement button "eyes" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19a7f338d40001397cb7/1578530712663/lila_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Lila, 35, Brooklyn, NY I've had the little bear cub since I was small, before I can remember. My mom drinks tons of tea so she must have brought it into my environment. I kept it, but it wasn't until maybe 10 years ago that as an I adult I somehow made the connection about where the figurine came from, and that I could attain more by buying and drinking this kind of tea. I have about 20 of these, and it's always exciting when I get thru a box and have an excuse to buy a new one / get a new figurine. I happened to run out yesterday, and had the new box waiting. The conch shell I got today is the one I wished for before I opened the box. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19abb457350001757e71/1578530712660/Loren_Wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Loren, 32, Wassaic, NY Mr. Bunny was given to me as a gift when I was born. He is a Gund "Love Me Bunny." When he became worn I was given an identical bunny named "New Bunny." She remains Mr. Bunny's companion to this day. Mr Bunny was a very animate presence in my life. I took him everywhere with me, and I still make sure to place him in comfortable positions when I sat him down somewhere. My grandpa made him new ears out of an old towel, and glued his eyes back on when they fall off. Once my elementary art teacher, Mrs. Stopp sewed the patches on to keep his stuffing from falling out. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19b04f2ecc000147d707/1578530712911/Meredith_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Meredith, 24, Stanfordville / Bancall, NY The small pinky ring belonged to my father's mother. I was closest to her of all my grandparents and when she passed this was one of few items she left behind (plus mounds of costume jewelry). It was hers as a girl and holds a special corner in my heart, a diamond "B" for my beloved Grandma Barbara. The other ring was my father's fathers. He was a pinky ring ENTHUSIAST, a real fancy man when he wanted to be. All 4 grandchildren got one when he died. The necklace was given to me by my mother from her mother. simple and beautiful like my Grandma Jane. I thin jewelry is a simple and beautiful gift for people. A gift I always cherish. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19b3cb6e0f00018da86b/1578530712914/michael_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Michael, 28, Brooklyn, NY A pocket charm from a friend that has stood the test of time. I think it's good luck. Tough to say really. Maybe it just makes me feel safe or like everything is going a certain way-- like I have control. It has never had a name, that makes sense to me. You can't give luck a name. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19abf338d40001397cc6/1578530712870/meghan_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Megan, 22, Wassaic, NY My mom bought me this lunchbox because Sailor Moon was my favorite TV show. Once on the way to school I got sick and it was the only plausible vomit receptacle. Usually at recess everyone would throw their lunch boxes on the pavement before going to play, but I always had to set this one down carefully so I wouldn't mess it up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19b63122540001dddab3/1578530712963/Nick_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Nick, 26, New York, NY This bottle opener is from a brewery in San Diego, where my sister & brother-in-law live. It was a gift from my brother in law. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19b8cb6e0f00018da8be/1578530730165/nico_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Nico, 35, Wassaic, NY/Jersey City, NJ Board: I had never tried to bread a board & I did it at an event with ~ [roughly] 500 people watching. My karate teacher wrote on it. Medal: I received that medal won the first ship I ever sailed on as an officer in the Merchant Marine. Coin: My dad gave me a coin from 1808, sometimes I carry it and rub it with my thumb. Picture: That pic is printed on a magnet. Brenna gave me that & some others to remember her by when I was training at sea. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19b9ee22930001167520/1578530713174/objects_fiona_web.jpg Galleries - Fiona, 22, Boston, MA This sweater came from a rag bin at the small art school I attended during high school. It's located in Marblehead, MA. I've used it as a painting sweater ever since and remember which side is the front by remembering that I got a large red spot of oil paint on the left shoulder. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19c66878250001453059/1578530730326/Objects_Wassaic_Arvolyn_web.jpg Galleries - Arvolyn, 25, Kent, CT I started making dreamcatcherst to keep my hands busy. I like it because it represents different aspects of me. Its made out of a hula hoop and I love hula hooping. It uses recycled print fabrics which I am always collaging. Aso the process of weaving the web calms me down and gets me to focus which can be hard for me sometimes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19cf8d5e3b0001735391/1578530730324/Objects_WAssaic_Brian_web.jpg Galleries - Brian, 33, Millbrook, NY I've carried these objects around for most of my life. Moving from CA to Tern Vally, ID to Maine and finally here to NY.. and I don't really know why. My favorite cell phone, childhood coins, watches given as gifts... there is some intrensic value carried by these items I have failed to lose over the years. They are my mementos of a time and place that was special, and powerful to me. They complete me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19c13122540001dddb0b/1578530713303/Objects_WAssaic_adam.jpg Galleries - Adam, 40, Wassaic, NY This was my grandfathers belt buckle. He always wore it until his death. He was/is my hero, and I lived with him in high school, and took care of him as he developed Alzheimer's, until his death. Since then, I have worn this buckle. It had two buffalo head coins in the horseshoes when I received it. But I lost one falling on my face in a drunken skateboarding commute home one night in Brooklyn 15 years ago. The other made its way out without me knowing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19d9cb6e0f00018da9c2/1578530730328/objects_wassaic_pinkwatch_web.jpg Galleries - Arnau, 33, Barcelona, ES This watch was a present from my father when we visted Milano. It is not an expensive watch, actually it is cheap. But I remember with love the moment he gave it to me in Milano. We were all eating pizza and he came with this watch and another for my sister. It was a great family holiday. I remember this night every time I look that watch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19e15e78670001bc45f1/1578530730563/Rhiannon_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Rhiannon, 33, Millerton, NY The cat was a gift made by my grandmother. I have had it since I was a baby slept with it until maybe college. The two baseballs were my grandfathers. My grandmother told him they were sign by the '62 Mets team but they were actually just stamped https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19e687c0cc00016290fd/1578530730564/richard_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Richard, 68, Sharon, CT This school bell was used to signal the end of class 10x/per day at the Queens Outreach Center from 1981- 1985. The school, Iocated in Flushing NY, was named the Abraham Lincoln School and was built in the 1800's. The school not have an electric automatic bell system, thus the school bell. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19ea4342210001d76a08/1578530730418/ringandsaintjamesmedal_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - No information, Wassaic NY https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19ee87c0cc0001629126/1578530730419/ryan_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Ryann, 28, Mt Vernon, FL My best friend, Robert, is on this pin. He gave it to me in Florida. This picture is the only one I have seen him in with a beard, and a picture chosen by his friends in the band Safety. He didn't know they were making this pin. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19f0ef43040001eb10ae/1578530730428/Sam_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Sam, 20, Wassaic, NY A good friend of mine gave this necklace to me for Christmas because I had lost a similar one that I had gotten on a once in a lifetime trip to Guadeloupe, and he knew I missed it. I will never take it off. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19f02e10360001a728a2/1578530730526/sawyer_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Sawyer, 7, New York, NY This is Sammy the Seal, he is my favorite. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19f28c38ea000120bbcd/1578530730615/Tonia_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Tonia, Wassaic, NY Purple hippo: My mother loved the color purple and bought it in London when she admired it in the window, with its sparkly eyes. I have seen this object since I was 9 years old & it reminds me of my mother. Russian Box: My grandmother gave me the box which she brought out of Russia in 1917. It was one of the few objects that survived a fire in her first house here. The peasant carrying the wooden rake seems typically Russian and makes me feel nostalgic for a place I never lived. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19f7328dd3000153e311/1578530730612/vanessa_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19fc8d5e3b00017354e5/1578530730629/Wassaic_web_nn.jpg Galleries - Bea, Wingdale, NY, 54 I bought this necklace for myself with money I had earned babysitting at age 13 in a cool head shop in Virginia Beach, VA while vacationing there with my family. My first really cool piece of jewelry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19f84342210001d76a85/1578530730624/Wassaic_ed_web.jpg Galleries - Ed, Dover Plains, NY, 66 Photograph: Stanley + Edward Nov 15, 1953 Mom took the photograph, Father shot and butchered the deer. Its hanging so high because of the dogs. I still lives in the same house--(House in pic is neighbors) Ed in front, brother in back. This photo is enlarged from a smaller print and framed in a frame from my grandparents. Surveying Equip: Started as a surveyor in 1971. Got out of the Navy and a friend came down with the flu. Saw another friend behind a survey instrument. The friend asked, "Ed do you want to be a surveyor tomorrow?" and I was a surveyor for 45 years starting that next day. The Machete is for clearing brush to measure between points. Plumb Bob for measuring with steel rebar for turning angles to a point. The compass is for followng bearing on map for surveying land- finding property lines- you can look through see Asmoths (#'s) inside. The magnetic locator is used to find deed calls Iron pipes, etc. under gound steel rods and steel pins. The leather bag is used to carry maps and flagging. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb19fef338d40001397f88/1578530730735/Wassaic_web_nn2.jpg Galleries - Jane, 58, New York, NY These are both gifts from my husband-- the necklace was one of the first he gave to me when we started dating and the bracelet after we married. Both I wear every day--only taking the necklace off occasionally. The bracelet went missing for many months + was then found after the birth of my son. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5cfb1a031c7c440001925754/1578530730754/William_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - William, 6, Millerton, NY They trap team Skylanders hourglass trap earth element. Tusselsprout is currently trap inside made from traptanium https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a843fe8e6821fc05e45a6/1578530730985/7_Objects_Kenny_Wassaic.jpg Galleries - Kenny, Amenia, NY, 70 Photograph, 1984, Jackie This is Jackie. She is my daughter. I raised her for four years. A friend of mine was working in a barn and called me when some hay bales fell on a family of raccoons. Jackie's mother was killed right away, and her sister ended up dying of injuries. I took Jackie home with me, she was so small that I had to feed her from a bottle. After four years, I took her back to the place where she was found and released her into the woods. I would visit her once a week, and when I would call her name, she would come and show herself to me. After several months, she came to see me with her babies, I looked at her and said, "You're okay now, you." That is the last time I saw her. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8848cfde5448fd21d8a6/1578530730800/christine_25_brooklyn.jpg Galleries - Christine, 25, Brooklyn, NY The Tennyson Birthday book belonged to my grandma Gloria Moschella. I came upon it after she passed away when the family was asked to choose a few items from her house that they wanted to keep. It contains the birth dates of most of my relatives on my mom's side of the family. Since I've inherited the book, I've added friends' birthdays, usually by asking when their birthdays are, reading their respective poems to them and then writing down their names on the date. I usually keep this book by my bed and refer to it often. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a4e44c78527f63a04f0/1578530730819/chad_dover_web.jpg Galleries - Chad, 31, Dover Plains, NY My Dad's mother gave me my grandfather's navy compass for my 14th birthday. My wife's maternal grandfather gave met he fur hat, which is so warm it only works for the coldest of winder days. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a4e7807e008caa0908c/1578530730817/adamandlauren_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Lauren 38 and Adam 40, Wassaic, NY This was a present for Adam for our wedding. I surprised him with it by hanging it on the Alter (or loose interpretation of an alter, stacked milk crates) We had used the symbol of the rainbow with 2 lightning bolts to represent our love in drawings (Lauren) and paintings (Adam). We also made temporary tatoos for the wedding so our guests also wore these love symbols. This flag travels with us everywhere, and Adam always makes sure it is hanging above our bed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a55bd10412a4bad0a29/1578530730986/jeff_Wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Jeff, Wassaic, NY No Information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a56253907064b2d9f2f/1578530730984/moira_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Moira, 64, Amenia, NY The two mechanical animal toys were gifts to me and my brother from my father who rarely bought us anything we liked. Both my brother and I have clear memories of these toys. The bear I made when I was six. It is made from my teacher's old coat. It is called "ecymosis" which means "bruise." The postcard arrived three months after it was posted in Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, by my best and oldest friend, Bell, who died of 'flu a week after posting it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a59bd10412a4bad0aa9/1578530730965/molly_doverplains_web.jpg Galleries - Molly, 29, Dover Plains, NY My maternal grandfather loved beautiful things. He loved flowers, rocks and beautiful women (he had four daughters). Every year he and my grandmother travelled from Minnesota to Tuscon Rock & Gem Show & would come home with a new crystal. After he passed away and my grandmother moved out of the house, I picked out a few crystals to add to my collection...but his calcite as such powerful energy and always makes me think of him and our shared love for nature and beauty. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a5bf50fc008d299126c/1578530731009/Objects_aiden_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Aiden, 26, Brooklyn, NY My blankie was made my mom's mom. It's the fourth I've had, I think. I lost one in a move, and on an airplane. I used to really love the feeling of satin. Eloise is from my old roommate. I like her attitude. The dinosaur mug was given to me by my other grandmother. It was made by a student at Tyler. I have a couple of them & I like to drink coffee in them. I surprised they've never been broken. The horses were my dad's as a kid. I like to have horse things (and toys) around my studio. The balls & thimble & spoon I found in my loft when i moved in. I think they were from Vera, the little girl who used to live there. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a5ccfde5448fd221ccb/1578530731025/objects_carvedbird_web.jpg Galleries - Leah, 27, Clinton Corners, NY 1 I inherited the bird from my grandfather when he died- after he retired he started to learn woodworking and carved birds. This bird is in its beginning stages. I like to imagine what he had planned for it, and the attention he carefully gave it to get it to this point. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a5ff50fc008d2991375/1578530731180/objects_wassaic_daxpocketwatch_web.jpg Galleries - Tyler, 25, Clinton Corners, NY The pocket watch was a gift from a girl I briefly dated in college. One day we traveled to Connecticut and went to a flea market and she bought the watch for me as a gift while we were walking around. We lost touch not long after that. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a624654382ab9ed2354/1578530731186/objects_Wassaic_engravedwatchandring_web.jpg Galleries - Josette, 68, Wingdale, NY The watch was given to my mother from my dad for her birthday in 1953. The ring was given to my mom from my dad for Christmas. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a62b2d0a962774f289f/1578530731207/objects_wassaic_julie_web.jpg Galleries - Julie, 28, Copenhagen, DK The ring box was a gift from my grandmother. I must have been very young, because I don't remember receiving it. It used to contain a silver ring with a pink heart. but i lost the ring. The box, however, stayed with me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a652e8cee749cb5fa05/1578530731206/Objects_wassaic_sean_web.jpg Galleries - Sean, 29, Falls Village, CT This item was given to me by a very dear and quick love in my life. Brief in time, but lasting in my heart. We met in the quake of a 6 yr relationship only to fall in love and meet up again halfway across the country during the holiday season. This was my gift, and I have not taken it off since https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a6624c9a92b528b021a/1578530731250/Wassaic_sarah_web.jpg Galleries - Sarah, 28, Pawling, NY This wooden horse was given to me on my 8th birthday by my "uncle" who died from complications related to AIDS a year later. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a6744c78527f63a0862/1578530731258/Objects_wassaic_gilvy_web.jpg Galleries - Gilvy, 3, Wassaic, NY No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8a8a7807e008caa09984/1578530730994/Objects_wassaic_MG_4648_web.jpg Galleries - Sarah, 26, Rhinebeck, NY The metal corkscrews are from a project that I was working on for my job. I was building with metal and it was a rewarding job because I was creating as I was building. The corkscrews remind me of all the things I can do. The stone pendant was a gift from my sister. She gave it to me when I was 14 and it felt meaningful to me at the time. I hung it in my car and over the years it became lighter and lighter as it bleached in the sun. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a8e562e8cee749cb67a5d/1578530731245/chris_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Chris, 30, Wassaic, NY I quit my old life and started a new one with this contraption. It breaks hearts if you're lucky. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a9137121b9246875ef1f9/1578530731276/ian_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Ian, 29, Pine Planes, NY Two of the objects are pieces of clothing my grandfather wore. He died. I wear the plaid shirt all the time. Probably the only important item I own, sentimentally speaking. The world map jacket reminds me of my grandfather, so I kept it. The doll was made by my ex-girlfriend. She was a very important person in my life The flo doll reminds me of both the nice and terrible times. She made it, she was very creative with the materials. It's made of a sweater that I shrunk. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a93370603222cff932ced/1578530731404/cara_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Kara, 50, Dover Planes, NY This key is for a 1993 VW Cabriolet convertible. I got the convertible after borrowing my friends Mazda Miata during the week. She was a "weekender" that only used her Miata on weekends. She let me use the Miata because I was going through chemotherapy treatments and to drive in a convertible was like being on a mini vacation- it was freedom-so much fun. Finally- well actually - not long after- I needed to replace my old car, and I couldn't keep using her Miata and my dad found my VW Cabriolet in the paper. It was used-but only had 21,000 miles on it- basically new. Well, I bought it in 1995 and now it has 268,000 miles on it. I hope to make 300,000 miles on it before I get rid of it. I drove it to Seattle with a boyfriend, and backcross country by myself It has taken me everywhere. My four nieces were little girls when I got it and now they are grown. They have so many great memories with me and the car. It's been the most enjoyable and consistent object in my adult life. It's a part of me. I'll miss it when I have to sell it I'll cry. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a941c7c1cc52e137ff1b3/1578530731420/carolyn_wassaic_working.jpg Galleries - Carolyn, 66, Sharon, CT When I was being treated for breast cancer, the port was inserted into my chest leading to my heart so I could receive my chemotherapy because my veins weren't strong enough. When my treatment was completed it was removed. It was December- The Dr. was going to throw it away. I wanted it! I put a red ribbon around it and hung it on my Christmas tree! Its the most expensive ornament I own. It is a symbol of my recovery and hope for the future! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a952eca65447cb864bf1c/1578530731473/tracy_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Tracy, 49, New York, NY Night light: This was my mother's as a little girl I used it whenever I visited my grandparents' house. Now it is in my daughter's room. She is 3. Footstool: This belonged to my grandfather Daddy Archer who lived in Clinton, TN. My grandmother hated this stool and tried to replace it many times. But it always survived. He used it every evening my whole life. Blanket: This is from the Los Angeles County jail. My dad was a guard there at night while he was doing his PhD at USC. He saved almost nothing over his earlier years- this is the only item he saved from LA. Bell: My grandmother got this in Spain when I was very little. We were never allowed to ring it when my grandfather was at home. Seedpods: We collected these as a family when I was 5 years old and we were spending the summer in Yugoslavia in the town of Ulcini They wash up on the beach. Hat: I got this straw hat in Santa Fe on a cross country road trip when I was 26. Later that year I wore it the night I hooked up with my husband at a party. I tore a piece of his shirt off + tied it to my hat band. It's always been there. The hat has been all over the world w/ us. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a958c7c1cc52e138019f5/1578530731457/vanessa_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Vanessa, 42, New York, NY The Silver salt & pepper shakers in the form of poppies are made by Buccalatti. They were a wedding gift & I'm divorced, but they still bring me joy are evocative of hope. Also, their poppies make me think of the man I love (whom I met since my divorce) because he spent a lot of time in, and loves Afghanistan. The ring is the logo of my company and is emblematic of a smaller force defeating a larger force. For me, it is emblematic of my self-realization: overcoming some daunting odds & finding who I am & what I value, the ring was made by a very dear friend, using a pearl I got while scuba diving north of Papua in January 2014. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8a99fcdef8834a6108f959/1578530731057/leah_27_clintonCorners2.jpg Galleries - Leah, 27, Clinton Corners, NY This is a picture of my parents in the late 70's shortly after they were married. They've been married for 40 years. I keep this picture with my passport and have taken it with me all over the world. I love the youthful energy and excitement it captures. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8aa04f7c1cc52e138122f1/1578530731517/Nancy_66_millerton.jpg Galleries - Nancy, 66, Millerton, NY This was my mother's pin- I don't know where she got it, but i have a picture of her wearing it just before my older sister was born, which was 1946. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8aa1fb451b7e243cd67695/1578530731462/mike_36_millerton.jpg Galleries - Mike, 36, Millerton, NY A college friend made this clay monster when she was a kid. She gave it to me before we graduated because she knew I loved it. I think it's awesome. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8aa2fdca65447cb8661255/1578530731477/Objects_Wassaic_Hallie_.jpg Galleries - Hallie, 29, Wassaic, NY This was made by my grandmother who collected the driftwood. She made many of these. She died when I was 2 and I don't remember her so this and other simple objects have come to represent her for me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18922e10360001a71d8b/5d8aa4c47c1cc52e13818736/1578530731558/Objects_Stephanie_wassaic_web.jpg Galleries - Blair, 29, Detroit, MI These tefilin (also known as "plylacteries") are boxes made of animal hyde that hold verses from the Torah that we say in daily prayer. They were my great Grandpa's and are one of the few family heirlooms have. I use them every morning and I cherish them. I fount them amongst my Dad's things in this needlepoint bag with my Great Grandpa's initials. A-rc for Aryeh L-f for Leib and N-J for Nosanchuck I don't have a strong connection to my families religious part so being able to connect to my great grandfather who wrapped these daily adds meaning to my own daily prayer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec726329ba418e8598698/1569638246706/Vivian_92_4.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec726b25f8325457be8c6/1569638252098/vivian_92_1.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec763329ba418e85989ee/1569638346461/Vivian92_5.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec75f85c3b643b779794a/1569638353987/Vivian92_2.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec7bf5d5f191ad2cecdd2/1569638367840/vivian92_6.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec7c985c3b643b7797f68/1569638398347/vivian92_7.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec7daec26e557b44259ae/1569638411253/Vivian92_8.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec7f8ec26e557b4425af9/1569638478013/vivian92_9.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec8054e12d813b0cba98b/1569638483511/vivian92_11.3.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec88cd9a6e709375c5248/1569638552433/vivian_journal1_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d8ec84bf96fbc31e99f3fe9/1569638573765/vivian92_12.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e87e4aae2d05ebebbdd15/1580858031185/catherine_51_menlopark.jpg Galleries - Catherine, 51, Menlo Park, CA Dog tags for Corin, Australian Shepard and therapy dog extraordinaire (now over the rainbow bridge) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e87e48e617c1f4a7a8d40/1619464933963/darlene_richmond_1.jpg Galleries - Darlene, 47, Richmond, CA A curled up faded red webbing collar with an ID tag riveted to it. The tag spells out the name, “Ollie” with a phone number below it. There is also a ring shaped circular tag hanging from a D-ring with the same information on it. My Dog Ollie’s Collar https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e87eb2fe40301d4577ce0/1619465001646/darlene_richmond_2.jpg Galleries - Darlene, 47, Richmond, CA A bright red heart pillow made of zig-zag quilted fabric. A few loose threads fringe the seam. This heart pillow was a gift from the woman's auxiliary at the hospital where my mom had her lung removed when she had lung cancer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e87f11f444210caaa37b4/1619464786336/darlene_richmond_3.jpg Galleries - Darlene, 47, Richmond, CA Within a gold-tone ornate frame, two children, one Caucasian and one black, sitting on the back of a brown leather couch holding dolls. A photograph of me and my sister when we were young. I use this photograph when I give talks to discuss how lived experiences influence how the world treats us and how we become who we become. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88071f444210caaa3967/1619465228756/freeman_87_PaloAlto.jpg Galleries - Freeman, 87, Palo Alto, CA Two military-style silver tone dog tags, notched at the bottom, and can opener hanging from a ball chain,. Dog tags with can openers. A reminder of months in combat in Korea 1952 and 53. I survived and a lot of other guys didn't https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e880794ebda1793b29a42/1619342912466/freeman_87_paloalto2.jpg Galleries - Freeman, 87, Palo Alto, CA An unframed photo of low-slung desert trees starkly silhouetted against a moody sunset sky ranging from deep blue at the top to fiery orange beneath. Joshua Tree has been pat of the family since moving to California - before it was a National park - there was a warning of "no water here." I brought my two boys It was a playground. I wanted to get a photo of it at golden hour. I missed it and got the sunset instead. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e881e26ea9454e03d84a7/1619465751208/harriet_65_Newark_3.jpg Galleries - Harriet, 65, Newark, CA Gold-tone pin featuring paste gems arranged in rows to loosely form the stars and stripes of the American Flag. A rope twines up the it’s pole at the left side. This American flag pin was my dad's after he completed his citizen process. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e881894ebda1793b29b68/1619465679678/harriet_65_NEwark_1.jpg Galleries - Harriet, 65, Newark, CA Side view of a green and white rabbit figurine with tall ears. This bunny was in my first Easter basket when I was only a few months old in Glosgow, Scotland. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88212fe40301d45781fd/1619343703592/harriet_65_newark_5.jpg Galleries - Harriet, 65, Newark, CA Stuffed cartoon black cat with huge eyes and mouth and wearing a red bowtie atop a yellow shirt imprinted with “FELIX” in black lettering. Felix the Cat was given to me in 2001 when I was leaving Chicago for California by my sister; we both had them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88217d71f81ac8525d6e/1619466149495/harriet_65_newark_4.jpg Galleries - Harriet, 65, Newark, CA Inside a zip-top plastic bag, a circular black and white photo features the face of a blonde woman at the center. Clustered around her are two Caucasian girls at the top and a Black boy and Asian boy at the bottom. The hair styles could be from the fifties or sixties. As a child I was on local TV, “The Friendship Show” It was hosted by Lee Philip Bell, Queen of Chicago TV, at the time, and later co-creator of “The Young and The Restless.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e882d5f240b48acd11fb3/1619466265099/harriet_65_Newark2.jpg Galleries - Harriet, 65, Newark, CA Notes about the “Bill of Rights” hand written in cursive on an old index card. When mom applied for citizenship in the 60;s I helped her using the study questions provided at the time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88382fe40301d4578480/1619344234318/irv_paloalto.jpg Galleries - Irving, 76, Palo Alto, CA Solid brass-tone mortar is shaped like a mug with two squared off handles. The pestle, made of the same material, leans inside the mortar with its knobbed end sticking up to the right. These were owned by my wife's mothers family who survived Crystal Night in Cologne Germany in 1938. Paternal grandmother's mortar and pestle https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e884026ea9454e03d87b1/1619467910279/jackandtheresa_paloalto.jpg Galleries - Jack 11, Theresa, 40 something, Palo Alto, CA An ornate, silver-tone button centered with a bright green cut glass stone and encircled by smaller ones of the same color. We went to the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk and I told him he could get a souvenir. He didn't find anything and that's okay. We stopped in the fabric store and and he found the world's best button. We went on and on about how it was the wold's best button. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88437d71f81ac8526061/1619345270487/jackandtheresa_paloalto2.jpg Galleries - Jack 11 and Theresa 40 Something A pale orange smooth rock streaked with bands of white, accents of light blue and an edging of deep orange. a really cool rock https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88437bdd8046dbf9cafd/1619581031325/kathy_Mountainview_2.jpg Galleries - Tessa, 16, Mountain View, CA Stuffed, light tan bear with brown stitched eyes, nose and smiling mouth wearing a pink and purple trimmed white sweater with ”Libby’s bear” written across the front and light blue bottoms. Baby pooh bear was in my favorite stuffed animal when I was little. He used to have a bow, but I chewed it off. My mom made his sweater for him. He also had pajamas. He slept with me for years, but now he hangs out on my mom's bed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88491f444210caaa3f10/1619581211486/kathy_PaloAlto.jpg Galleries - Kathy, 58, Mountain View, CA The front view of a scraggly, long eared stuffed tan dog wearing a dark turquoise floppy hat. The tail is patched with bright green fabric. Doggie has been with me for as long as I can remember. His fur is rubbed off - by love - except for some on his ears and tail. My grandmother helped me patch him when I needed. The hat was one of my daughter's favorites when she was little. Now Doggie wears it as his sits on a high shelf in her room and watches over her. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88525f240b48acd1229f/1619466954267/lesandirv_paloalto.jpg Galleries - Irving, 76, Palo Alto, CA Ornate oxidized brass menorah with its base embellished with a flower and leaf motif. The centerpiece of the menorah features an ornate flame. These were owned by my wife's mothers family who survived Crystal Night in Cologne Germany in 1938. Maternal granfather's bar mitzvah menorah. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e885c94ebda1793b2a14b/1619467180214/lesley_ballet.jpg Galleries - Lesley, 61, Palo Alto, CA The photograph looks down on three pointe shoes with their ribbons randomly curled together at the base of the image. The single shoe on the left looks well used and the pair at the right appear fairly new. Very used and almost new from the end of my career https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e885b2fe40301d45786a3/1619466804883/lesandirv-paloalto.jpg Galleries - Irving, 76, Palo Alto, CA The photo looks down into a blue and white ceramic oval tray with gold lace motif border and double handles on each side. Inside the tray a gold-tone draped chain necklace draped across the length of the tray with a gold-tone ring centered in the tray at the top. These were owned by my wife's mothers family who survived Crystal Night in Cologne Germany in 1938. Maternal Great Grandmother: Watch fob made into a woman's necklace. Lesley's mother's wedding ring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e886faae2d05ebebbe835/1619467834650/lesley_PaloAlto_2.jpg Galleries - Lesley, 61, Palo Alto, CA A roughly made brown ceramic log cabin with a peaked roof and chimney with an open slit in the front. It is sitting atop a round green circle. This little house was an object of fascination when I was little and I imagined the people living in it and what was inside and where it was in the country or forest. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e8875aae2d05ebebbe87e/1619467528437/lesley_PaloAlto3.jpg Galleries - Lesley, 61, Palo Alto, CA Front view of a very scruffy golden brown teddy bear. It has no eyes, a black nose and a little bit of red tongue for the mouth. His fur is rubbed raw in many places. The head has been hand stitched back on, leaving stray threads hanging. One arm is ripped. "Teddy" Me and my teddy bear got no eyes and got no hair. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e888f94ebda1793b2a5a8/1619581388815/mary_63_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Mary 63, San Francisco, CA Spine view of a dog-eared paper back book lying flat. The white spine reads in capital letters “The Silver Palate Cookbook” with the authors listed as Rosso & Lukins with McLaughlin. This book has traveled with me over 30 years of live. It was a give from a dear grad school friend who loved my cooking. IT was the inspiration for me to continue to persue my love of food and wine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e889794ebda1793b2a635/1619582013426/phil_59_Menlopark.jpg Galleries - Phil, 59, Menlo Park, CA A silver-tone pocket knife embellished with raised C shaped curls along the edges and a curved piece and knife blade visible from the right side. There is also a tiny loop at the bottom. This is a knife my father carried with him and used whenever he needed to open something or make a small cut. I have had it since he died 29 years ago. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88948e617c1f4a7a9a66/1619581840496/pat_SanLeandro.jpg Galleries - Cherryl, 58, Palo Alto, CA A hinged, partially open compact mirror reflecting marred areas including distinctive green swirls. This pocket mirror is in my handbag or small container of daily use items in my bathroom drawer, so I see it every day. I don't use it often, so I open it to look in side every once in a while. For 35 years I watched my mother in law apply Estee Lauder Apricot Frost lipstick in this little mirror. I asked to use it once to apply my lipstick and saw one of the two mirrors was broken. I thought to myself I know just what to get her for mothers day. I gave it back to her and sadly replied that it was broken. She laughed and smiled saying, "Oh no, I took the magnifying mirror out because it scared me every time I looked into it." In 2009 this mirror went from her pocketbook to my handbag. Sometimes I need to see that squiggly line of glue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e889a8e617c1f4a7a9af5/1619582161014/rebecca_redwoodcity.jpg Galleries - Rebecca, Redwood City, CA The top view of a silver-tone ring with a gold center and irregularly shaped blue stones forming the petals of a flower. This is one of the first rings that I made using recycled sterling silver spoons as a base. The gold is melted down from scrap gold / an old piece that I found in a thrift store. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e889c8704a53f90b651f4/1580858098902/selene_40_paloalto.jpg Galleries - Selene, 40, Palo Alto, CA My dad who is now deceased, made arrowheads out of glass and obsidian for many many years. Even though he worked on thousands of them I only have a few pieces. This one happens to be shaped like a heart because of a mistake that happened while he was working the stone https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e88a3ce814b06426a7d66/1580857957820/tracy_51_SanCarlos1.jpg Galleries - Tracy, 51, san Carlos, CA Dylan was the best dog ever and my BFF during all kinds of times. We went everywhere together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8ec70fd9a6e709375c3dfe/5d9e889d2fe40301d4578c5d/1619582524123/tracy_51_SanCarlos.jpg Galleries - Tracy 51, San Francisco, CA Spine view of books. The top one is grey and not marked. The bottom and biggest is orange and embossed in gold with “The Junior Classics 10. Poetry Reading Guide”. A star shaped necklace atop the pile dangles off the edge of the books. Cremation jewelry with my moms ashes... what more can I say. Journals - all of them go with me through all of my moves. They are me. This book is park of a set identical to one my mom had as a child and that my sister and I loved. Most volumes were lost in a flood. I loved memorizing the poems in it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5d8aa8a01288c6064681e818/1569368268457/nora_20_oakland_2.jpg Galleries - Nora, 20, Oakland, CA 2 I think these are two kinds of sentimental. I am not related to the sender or receiver of this post card, but who am I to discard a piece of paper/ document from 1919? This postcard detailing a pretty mundane trip to New York City. It has been kicking around for nearly a century and I feel responsible for it now. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb18705c747a0001dbe03c/1569368252863/objects_picture+of+cats_web.jpg Galleries - Nora, 20, Oakland, CA 1 Gladys and Wanda were childhood pets of mine and I miss them dearly. I enjoy keeping them with me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb186f7e01750001b2a4a0/1569368211108/objects_mills_toothneckalce_web.jpg Galleries - Char, 22, Monterey Bay, CA This necklace is made from a fossilized shark tooth from my home in Monterey (an area known for being a marine sanctuary and rich in marine history). My partner and I found the tooth and he wrapped the wire and I made it into a necklace. I don't have much family, so I consider it special to me and reminds me of home and living near the ocean https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb186c87c0cc00016285b1/1569368211142/Objects_Mills_Holden_web.jpg Galleries - Holden, 25, Oakland, CA This tripod belonged to my Great Great Grandfather. I lived, for a while growing up, with my great grandmother and would hear stories of her experience with her dad and his time with road construction on the first roads laid through Yosemite. I never knew him, but I love that generations later the same equipment that he used can potentially be used now by me as a photographer. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb1869ee22930001166a8f/1569368419833/objects_mills_artwork_web.jpg Galleries - Ashley, 20, Miami, FL Drawing of faces: Victoria Rose gave me a drawing that we collaborated on that connected us. Wooden Carving: My high school photography teacher used to pass down unfinished work to me and let me add to them. Photograph of Mexican flowers: My grandmother and I used to work in her garden and craft. My grandmother is a seamstress and taught me how to sew and make clothes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb1865328dd3000153d671/1569368302829/Objects_evelynn_web.jpg Galleries - Evelynn, 22, Oakland, CA This waffle iron used to belong to my maternal grandmother. She past it on to my mother and she passed it on to me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb1863bc7b3a0001393cfe/1569368211091/objects_chris_web.jpg Galleries - Chris, Oakland, CA Every time my grandfather's company went on strike, the family would take a trip to Oklahoma, to visit the grandparents. Traveling through the southwest, they would buy silver and turquoise jewelry from indigenous makers, I always associated my grandfather with a specific ring. This isn't that ring. Instead it is the one I stole from my mom's jewelry box when I was 14. It is slightly bigger, visually louder than my grandpa's ring, but still gives me a daily reminder of where I was from. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb185f503625000123b3ac/1569367708985/leila_web.jpg Galleries - Leila, 25, Oakland, CA This fabric wrapped container was given to my by my mother in 2015 before she left for Saudi Arabia to pursue her dreams of teaching around the world. The box itself was created by a former student of hers who has a mental disability 9my mom bought it it at an art school for mentally disabled artists). Inside the box I keep a letter from my late grandmother and a piece of scrap from a religious flier with her favorite bible verse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb185cef43040001eb0418/1569368211019/_MG_5052_web.jpg Galleries - Marlene, 20, Oakland, CA My love and forever gal Chelsea made me a heart sheped ornament that says "CFB loves MI". Her plan is to make me (or us) enough ornaments to fill a tree when we are married. We just celebrated our two year anniversarty. I hang the ornament by my bedroom/ dorm room door so it is the last thing I see before I leave to face the day. When I need extra strength or comfort, I kiss it before starting the day. Chelsea is studying in London while I am here at Mills https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb185c1c7c440001924b1f/1569368211027/_MG_5029_web.jpg Galleries - Monica, 27, Vallejo, CA Mom mom used to read 'Stina' to me on a regular basis and I remember it as my favorite book. It is about a little girl who finds and collects things on the beach and keeps them in a special box. I grew up at the flea markets, my mom mostly sold antiques when I was little and I remember early mornings in packed vehicles and camp outs under dusty tables at the Sausalito flea markets, and late nights with my cousins, our legs dangling from the open sliding door of a Volkswagen Vanagon driving up and down the hills of Berkeley trash picking – searching for treasures. My aunt and my mom often held "junk sales" and became somewhat 'famous' for them. They were usually Saturday and Sunday, and at the end of the day Sunday, they would pile the unsold items that they deemed not worth it to keep or to store, and I got first pick of it before they put it on the street with a free sign. Oh the treasures I found! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbca9/5cfb18542cd25f0001acbcab/1457371708314/29.27.11_p19_PS6.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193cb08964386381038980/1605216273245/objects_bayanianhouse_eatingportrait.jpg Galleries - Mary Nichole, 26, San Francisco, CA This photo is of my mother. She has been a bedridden stroke patient for a decade. I keep this photo of her by my desk so that I can continue to remember her spirit; her big smile, and the way she positions her hands as she eats, are some characteristics that I have adopted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193cb04ea7cf33bb3b1097/1605485852684/objects_bayanianhouse_framedfamilyphoto.jpg Galleries Carved wood frame containing a black and white photo of two adults and three young children of Asian decent. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193cd38964386381038be8/1605485852867/objects_joy_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Joy, 30, San Francisco, CA Green jade Guan Yin pendant, with 4 attached emeralds, and silver chain: My grandmother is a Buddhist, and although she isn't strict on religious practices, she raised me with her beliefs of compassion, modesty, and kindness. When I was in college, I regretted never making time to see her, and I was going through a hard time with family, health, and studies. The Guan Yin is known as the Goddess of Mercy, and having this pendant is a reminder of my grandmother's values. Additionally, the pendant itself is a gift from my mother, and the silver chain and added emerald beads are from my sister. With this necklace, I carry with me our line of matriarchs. My grandmother arrived in the U.S from China in 1989, ten days before I was born, and still lives in Chinatown, San Francisco. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193ce375e9e6565ca6a866/1605485853336/objects_meny_sanfrancisco_4_sm.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA A pink and white striped terrycloth towel cross-stitched in turquoise fancy lettering, “TILL DEATH DO US PART”. This towel is a gift from American friends who gave it to us for our wedding. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193cdf75e9e6565ca6a820/1605485852689/objects_meny_sanfrancisco_3.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA A yellow and white crocheted leaf-patterned doily. I made this in 1964 and 1965 in Oakland. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193d203d0fa72e53bbd2ae/1605485852721/objects_meny_sanfrancisco_6.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA Two white antique folded handkerchiefs embroidered with a turquoise flower motif. These two hankys were given to me by my husband. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193d404ea7cf33bb3b1e3f/1605485852862/objects_meny_Sanfrancisco_8.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA A colorful beaded necklace with letter cubes spelling out, “Pedro C Gorre, Danilo B Gorre, Dondee B Gorre, Herminia B Gorre,”. This necklace has my husband and two sons names. The three beads stand for I love you. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193d503d0fa72e53bbd6a1/1605485852688/objects_Meny_sanfrancisco2_small.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA A white antique handkerchief with crocheted lace border stitched with the words, “Never to forget Meny”. A hand made gift from a friend. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e193d5e4ea7cf33bb3b21c5/1605485852866/objects_nanita_DailyCity_78_1.jpg Galleries - Nanita, 78, Dailey City, CA Photo contains two items: Gold ring with feathery engraving. A necklace with four charms; silver heart, round gold open-work disc, simple cross and religious medal. ring: My husband was an architect in Saudi Arabia. Gold was cheaper there, so he bought this for me there. Pendant: My husband gave this to me and I never take it off https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e19496e12be5b2164a98fa5/1605485852902/objects_perfume_YAX.jpg Galleries An amber, gold topped perfume bottle with print in white text, “GRILLOU, Jaques Griffe, Paris”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e1949ac896438638104b72f/1605485852938/Objects_PJ_Sisterphoto_YAX.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA Set in a simple silver frame, this photo shows a close up of a young girl resting her arm on a wood fence with the other hand cupping her chin with trees and flowers in the background A photograph of my sister https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194978896438638104b4f6/1605485852898/Objects_PJ_Familyphoto_YAX.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA A photo of a smiling family of four with a young woman in a lei holding flowers and a certificate case at its center. The photo is in a silver square beveled frame. A family photograph https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a2022ffb72e97c8b998/1605485853028/objects_reed_YAX.jpg Galleries - Reed, 38, San Francisco, CA / Eugene, OR A Master lock with the shank swung open.to the left. This represents a place and what it takes to build a community space. Many hands have opened this lock, both with excitement and dread. It will soon be a rusted relic, but it what it opens means the world to me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e1949d6e07fd33951c5324d/1605485853874/objects_PJ_Tshirt_YAX.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA A folded blue and shirt with orange details and block letters that show “ALBO” (maybe part of BALBOA). My high school gym shirt which has traveled with me all over and is the most comfortable thing I own. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a4b22ffb72e97c8bfad/1605485853978/objects_PJ_Cisneros_YAX_sm.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA A book that is white on the top half and turquoise on the bottom. The top reads,, “Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street”.. The bottom features an image of three Latinx women in brightly colored tops, one holding gauzy fabric over her face. The House on Mango Street, a valuable book to me growing up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a5f51f223209a0610a6/1605485853023/objects_PJ_dogeaters_YAX_sm.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA A book entitled “Dogeaters” by Jessica Hagedorn. The sepia toned image on the cover shows a draped naked statue of a woman with outstretched arms, one hand holding a severed head by its hair and the other holding a sword. Two angels hold a crown over her head. Dogeaters, an important book to me growing up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a5f9e4b0a7801f9e55d/1605485853964/objects_PJ_FGT_YAX_sm.jpg Galleries - PJ, 33, San Francisco, CA A navy blue book with a small picture of footprints in the sand at the center and the name in small script near the top, “Felix Gonzales-Torres”. A book that was really valuable to me in https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a743d0fa72e53bce40b/1605485852688/Objects_meny_San+Francisco_sm.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA A half-round, handmade white lace doily with scalloped edges. I made this doiley in 1964 or 1965 in Oakland, CA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194a889e4b0a7801f9e75f/1605485852853/objects_Meny_SanFrancisco5_sm.jpg Galleries - Meny, 84, San Francisco, CA Three overlapping folded white handkerchiefs with crocheted trim in bright pink, yellow and blue. I made these in 1964 or 1965 in Oakland, CA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194c8a3a904b6e1b2a1ca1/1605485853037/grandmasbracelet_SFAI.jpg Galleries A silver cuff bracelet with turquoise and coral inlaid triangle insets pointing toward the center of the bracelet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194c9be07fd33951c56568/1605485853049/istanbulkeychain_SFAI.jpg Galleries A single key on a bright pink, plastic, square keychain that reads, "They call it chaos. We call it home. ISTANBUL". https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194cdfa252892821aa00df/1605485853075/chestbinder_sfai.jpg Galleries A old, simple, cream colored undergarment top. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d289e4b0a7801fa1c0d/1605485853076/disneyalbum_SFAI_sm.jpg Galleries A Disney themed book with a wide blue spine and a patchwork of red, yellow, green and blue squares each with drawings of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d2c9e4b0a7801fa1c38/1605485853141/hillary_sanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Hilary, 64, San Francisco, CA A petite amber glass dear nested on its bubble wrap. This glass deer figurine is older than I am - about 70 years old. Made in Japan, it has travelled across oceans, countries, and time. My parents hurriedly got married before my father was shipped to Japan during the Korean War. Somehow, my dad finagled a way for my mom to join him on the base. In Japan they purchased a family of glass deer - which later became my "play things" along with porcelain geishas and lacquered art. This deer survived the war, and travel, but suffered the ultimate casualty of my house cleaning. My parents were together 67 years. My dad died a year and a half ago. Everything is transient, but I wanted to preserve the deer by camera https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d37e07fd33951c57272/1605485853204/kathy_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries A stained, bright red blouse with yellow triangular and floral embroidery on the cuffs, around the collar and down the front. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d8012be5b2164a9e0f2/1605486547417/luchadormask_SFAI.jpg Galleries Two keys, one with a black plastic cover, hanging on a keychain with a mottled pink and white harlequin head decorated with gold stars around its eyes and a shooting star on its forehead. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d71e07fd33951c5793e/1605485853847/liz_46_columbus.jpg Galleries - Liz, 45, Columbus, OH An assortment of twenty small objects including strips of fabric that read, “For always and forever” and “Love to yoooooooou”, an assortment of heart shaped rocks and shells and other assembled charms. Dionisia has been making me good luck objects for many years. I carry the small ones with me each time I travel to install a show or do a residency, often spreading them out in the accommodations where I am staying, or chosing one to always carry in my pocket. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194d9c51f223209a065405/1605486024684/objects_KAT_SFAI.jpg Galleries A necklace of alternating light blue glass beads and silver metal beads on a silver chain with a blue and white enameled pendant as it’s focal point. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194da6704297751007a2ab/1605485853221/sfai_rockandring.jpg Galleries Two objects: On the left is a grey mottled stone and on the right is a silver band ring featuring a wave motif around it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194ded12be5b2164a9ea5c/1605493459871/greencandleholder_stanford.jpg Galleries A short, rounded, opaque, chartreus green glass with a thick, clear bottom. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194df8a252892821aa1035/1605493619725/jaclyn_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Jaclyn, 36, San Francisco, CA A matte metallic pyramid covered in an embossed brick pattern. This was the first gift my biological father gave to my mother. He died in a car accident after my first birthday, leaving my mother who was also eight months pregnant a widow. It is a reminder of the strength of my mother and the long term ripple effect his death had on our family https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194dec12be5b2164a9ea5b/1605486742883/bulldogbobble_stanford.jpg Galleries - Regina, 21, Stanford, CA A flocked statue of an orange bulldog showing it’s canines wearing a Union Jack shirt and medallion. This was a gag gift from my boyfriend of two years who is from London. It reminds me of when I went home to London with him and how much fun I had, especially since it has been a dream of mine to visit since I was in middle school I keep it on my desk. We both love dogs too. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194dfa75e9e6565ca8159c/1605493987565/loveandlonging_pinkCup.jpg Galleries - Sheri, 26, Fremont, CA A transparent pink mug featuring a cartoon white rabbit wearing a puffy pink dress in a white heart surrounded by bouquets of pink flowers. The fancy writing at the bottom reads, “Marron Cream”. I got this cup when I was six and pretty into Melon Cream, the bunny character on it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e0cf3730241dfe47fef/1605494576176/objects_crossnecklace_stanford.jpg Galleries A cross pendant made of clear diamond-cut stones on a long gold box chain which is coiled above it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e109e4b0a7801fa2eee/1605494714441/objects_fountainpen_stanford.jpg Galleries An well-worn black old fashion nib fountain pen propped across it’s silver cap. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e183a904b6e1b2a3e47/1605494806043/objects_goldclovernecklace_stanford.jpg Galleries A detailed, gold four leaf clover pendant with a green stone in the center on a gold loose link chain which is piled along side the pendant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e1d4c275445aab2fa84/1605485853505/objects_loveandlonging_bracelet.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e034c275445aab2f786/1605494426770/objects_alice_loveandlonging.jpg Galleries - Alice, 31, San Francisco, CA A rumpled, partially filled out Pyramid Lake police report with a piece of blue painter’s tape folded over the top. Hand writing in blue pen includes her name and birthdate along with an address written down the left margin. I had lost my wallet/ Burning Man tickets/ life on the way to Burning Man. After looking around all possible placed I had been in the area of Nixon, NV. I despairingly got through filling out my birthdate when the porta-potty company (who cleaned to porta-potty at the campsite I stayed at) called and said the driver had it and was headed back to the company's HQ. I hastily wrote the address on the side of the paper – overjoyed and relieved that people are sometimes good. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e21896438638105030e/1605485854270/objects_Mark_Stanford.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e294ea7cf33bb3c7bbc/1605485853604/objects_richardbergerphoto_loveandlonging.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e2e3ff3900c13687b5e/1605485853638/objects_skateboard_Stanford.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e484c275445aab2fcd8/1605485853774/objects_watch_stanford.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e4a12be5b2164a9ef1c/1605485853815/perfume_loveandlonging.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e6075e9e6565ca81efe/1605485854272/photographs_SFA_.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e5ce07fd33951c58896/1605485853466/hillary_sanFrancisco.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194e9b75e9e6565ca82243/1605485853563/sfai_rockandring.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194ea2a252892821aa1d56/1605485853637/wallet_sfai.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194ec0e07fd33951c59192/1605485853685/walletandcards_sfai.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194ef18964386381051215/1605485853784/x_hat_sfai.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5e193c6f3ff3900c13670f02/5e194fbd3ff3900c13689570/1605485852676/041A3669_sm.jpg Galleries Photo contains two items: Left- A four-fingered white glove, one finger has grip pattern. Large stenciled “A” on front. Black knit cuff. Right- A coin purse made from the bottom half of a doll’s body, green with magenta flower pattern fabric with plastic feet and silver clasp. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829030066c1e0546a53069/1457371574076/29.27.11_p23_PS6.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82903dbe702854ec0cb553/1578623957688/Objects_pittsburgh_abbi_web.jpg Galleries - Abagail, 28, Pittsburgh, 2 This sewing box belonged to my paternal grandmother, who taught Home Economics. My dad thinks that's funny because she was not a great cook. Her talents must have lied in sewing. She and I had the same birthday. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82903d04c37d60a63755d7/1578623958997/Objects_ken_web.jpg Galleries - Ken, 38, Pittsburgh This was a gift from a friend when I was in need of a turn table to continue with DJing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829044be702854ec0cb66c/1578623958737/Objects_pittsburgh_Devan_web.jpg Galleries - Devan, 25, Pittsburgh The Pog Slammer is a gift from my mother when I was about 5 years old. After growing out of playing Pogs, I continued to hold the slammer piece with me on my person almost at all times out of habit after my mother joined the Army National Guard. I like to think that the eye on it is watching over both of us. The Virgin Mary mirror is a gift from my best friend. She told me to keep it in my breast jacket pocket and take it out to look at myself whenever I felt I needed to. It stays in my winter coat all year round. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829044066c1e0546a5324b/1578623957801/Objects_Pittsburgh_Emily_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82904c8541c55a85462e25/1578623957857/Objects_pittsburgh_katy_web.jpg Galleries - Katy, 54, Pittsburgh Pocket watch was given to my great great great Grandfather Charles Bell by Katheren Aldreidge on the wedding day. Passed to my grandmother at her wedding and then to my father on his wedding and to my ex husband Tom on our wedding day. My ex husband kept the watch when we divorced. 10 years later he committed suicide, his current wife said he had pawned this watch. My cousin found it at the pawn shop and bought it back for me for the amount he pawned it for. Charles Bell also gave Katheren a pocket watch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82904f8541c55a85462e79/1578623958756/Objects_pittsburgh_katy2_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829051a7dec04fd2e7c8be/1578623957930/OBjects_pittsburgh_kevin_web.jpg Galleries - Kevin, 42, Pittsburgh, PA Birthday Present 1997. Original insignia of the Bay Area Pyrate Punx Oakland, CA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829058be702854ec0cb88c/1578623957995/Objects_Pittsburgh_Michael1_web.jpg Galleries - Michael, 26, Pittsburgh, PA I went on a skating trip to the Cayman Islands. It was my first big trip and we got taken on a boat trip to swim with stingrays. On the way back we stopped in the middle of the ocean, but it was only about 8feet deep. I saw a shimmering pink object at the bottom. I dove in and grabbed the shell. It had been killed by an idiot so it was unusable or all other life. I took the shell home with me and it has been my travel companion ever since. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82905d1542f64066843d6e/1578623958833/Objects_pittsburgh_Rona_web.jpg Galleries - Rona, 37, Pittsburgh, PA Its a little teapot my father left for me before he passed away. I don't really ever use it (it only serves one). I trasure all the memories of drinking tea with my dad in taiwan late into the night and the talks we used to have. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829055aef68661e4606943/1578623957726/Objects_pittsburgh_krista_web.jpg Galleries - Krista, 24, Pittsburgh Because of my mental illnesses - bipolar + panic disorder - I find comfort in repetitive actions; in this case, repeating loops. These calm me down during an episode, but they also record the frequency of these episodes, something I don't necessarily want to remember. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8290608541c55a85463035/1578623958040/Objects_pittsburgh_Seth_web.jpg Galleries - Seth, 28, Pittsburgh, PA This shirt was my mother's and is one of her favorite colors and also one of my favorite colors. I remember liking it and when I began printmaking the simplified/ silhouette rendering of the chair really came to mind. There was a time that I asked her if she still had the shirt and a holiday later she had framed it for me. I don't know if the chair's aesthetics really informed the my art all that much but the way my mom gifts is something I've embraced. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8290612add93527031b8b7/1578623958063/Objects_pittsburgh_Vinh_web.jpg Galleries - Vinh, 29, Pittsburgh My teddy bear was gifted to me for my graduation from a dear friend that I came to know, care for, and love in my time at college. It's a rough, old bear. Older than me even. In gifting it to me, she told me it was a present to her by her beloved, late grandmother as a sign of love, of cherished memories together, and of hopes for a happy future. As her grandmother was a cornerstone to her life and upbringing, she hoped to pass on the same sentiments to me in how grateful she was of the years she could lean on me. She said I was the first person take notice and help her through the emotional roller coasters of our first years and on. And so she did the same for me in leading to my final days of graduation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82936d5186f55aa7651ea0/1578623957930/objects_pittsburgh_alicia_web.jpg Galleries - Alicia, 21, Elizabeth, PA My bracelet means a lot of different things. It fully describes me as a person. There are charms on my bracelet that represents that I am a religious person from limply things like my favorite animal. Also there are things that represent that I have a bond with both my sister and mother. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82936d3440de5ed554e5a3/1578623957782/objects_pittsburgh_amber_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829370066c1e0546a59417/1578623957820/objects_pittsburgh_brionna_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293715186f55aa7651f9d/1578623957857/objects_pittsburgh_cary_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293728541c55a85468e7a/1578623958808/objects_pittsburgh_claire_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82936f2add9352703218f6/1578623957800/objects_pittsburgh_anastasia_web.jpg Galleries - Anastasia, 19, Pittsburgh An artist friend of mine made this for me for Christmas, and it is sentimental because she too the time to discreetly listed to what I like and put it into a painting. It took me by totally surprise and it made me cry. It was the first time I ever received a hand made gift. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829375066c1e0546a594ee/1578623958807/objects_pittsburgh_eric_web.jpg Galleries - Eric, 19, Cleveland, OH I never really exercised until I reached 12th grade. As I got more comfortable with my own body I would work out in tank tops. So, not only do tank tops make me feel comfortable with myself, but it symbolizes both the self-esteem I have in myself and a constant reminder that I should work hard to get what I want, because it won't be handed to me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293791542f64066849c11/1578623957947/objects_pittsburgh_jen_web.jpg Galleries - Jen, 21, Pittsburgh My family is super religious. I am not, but when I first started at Carlow, my mom and grandma gave me many things with Buddha to "protect me." I have had millions of Buddha things. But I feel like this is the one that has "worked." https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293765186f55aa7652018/1578623957994/objects_pittsburgh_erika_web.jpg Galleries - Erika, 19, Latrobe, PA Looking for Alaska by John Green is my all time favorite book. I have some lines highlighted. I read it during my stay in the hospital. This necklace has many different charms that I have obtained over the years. These tickets represent almost every concert and show I have been to. Music is a big part of my life https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82937caef68661e460c9b8/1578623958052/objects_pittsburgh_Laura_web.jpg Galleries - Laura, 27, Pittsburgh, PA I have had this strawberry pin since summer of 2008. I twas purchased during a road trip I went on with my friends. That trip made me realize many different things. The pin became a symbol for me: The transition from silly teenaged girl to young woman. It was also the first thing I ever purchased with money I earned myself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82937c3440de5ed554e79f/1578623957998/objects_pittsburgh_lashawnda_web.jpg Galleries - LaShawnda, 20, Pittsburgh, PA I've had a dog tag for 12 years. It is a representation of my best friend and my friendship. Through him and I are going down two very different and seperate paths, we will always be T and Fay. He'll always be my little brother and I will always be his big sister. I love you T. We've had more losses than victories. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82937ea7dec04fd2e828e9/1578623958077/objects_pittsburgh_rhonda_web.jpg Galleries - Rhonda, 21, Pittsburgh, PA My make up brush represents me as a canvas and me as a development of my identity, confidence, personality, etc. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82937ebe702854ec0d1b65/1578623958067/objects_pittsburgh_lianne_web.jpg Galleries - Lianne, 22, Pittsburgh, PA My fiancé and I have been a big part of each other's lives for going on six years. He asked me to marry him two years ago, and of course I agreed. Shortly after our engagement, he started to struggle with addiction. Although it was completely against my lifestyle in the fitness industry, I remained by his side willing to offer my help and support. For a large part of a year and a half our relationship deteriorated along with the person I once loved. Finally, six months ago, he agreed to accept help. This ring means more to me than anything, because we are finally back to a place where marriage is something that I am looking forward to. It symbolizes getting the man back whom I fell in love with from the start. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829380be702854ec0d1ba9/1578623958132/objects_pittsburgh_savannah_web.jpg Galleries - Savannah, 19, Erie, PA This pink bow is just something girly that I have come to embrace within the last two or three years. I never wore pins or the like before, but I came to really like this one. I have worn glasses since elementary school and have had a love/ hate relationship with them from the beginning. Glasses were for nerdy kids who were ugly. I didn't want to be one of those kids, but I get to take them off when I am not looking at small lettering or details. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293808b84df17f6d7f94a/1578623958209/objects_pittsburgh_tori_web.jpg Galleries - Tori, 20, Erie, PA Carol - A Christmas gift I received. Carol, to me, represents a strong female character that we don't see in media. She helps me to aspire to write a character like her. Notebook - This current notebook contains all my notes and drafts of story ideas. I take it everywhere so I can be able to write my ideas on the spot. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829381a7dec04fd2e8290e/1578623958225/objects_pittsburgh_web_heather.jpg Galleries - Heather, 28, Pittsburgh, PA I wrote this little note to my grandmother in June of 1995. I was seven at the time. It has always held a special memory for me because my Gram was literally my second mother. I spent more time with her than my own mom.. Batman was a gift to my partner. We searched everywhere to find this one because every store was out of them. This batman brings up memories of our relationship. It has been a rocky yet wonderful ride and I cannot wait to see what the future holds. What trials and triumphs may come. This little guy sits on my nightstand and reminds me me of what I want to accomplish in life. That just like Batman, I can do anything. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293822add935270321ac0/1578623958193/objects_pittsburgh_working_web.jpg Galleries - Becca, 25, Morristown, NJ The necklace was a gift my by bat mitzvah, which symbolizes a passage into adulthood. I still wear it every day to help remind me of where I come from and how I gotto where I am today. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293832add935270321ae6/1578623958275/objects_pittsburgh_zoe_web.jpg Galleries - Zoe, 21, Pittsburgh, PA Both of these objects remind me of my boyfriend who is my best friend and my biggest supporter . He is the reason I have come so far after suffering from body dysmorphic disorder since I was fifteen. HE is the first person to not only make me feel truly beautiful , but also the first person to make me feel truly worthwhile. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293a5066c1e0546a59b4a/1578623958216/Object_pittsburgh_nora_web.jpg Galleries - Nora, 35, Pittsburgh this small three legged pig was a gift from a friend back home (boston) when I moved here to Pittsburgh. This pig accompanied me on several traps back and forth as I moved my belongings here. She and I discovered this pigs on a road trip to North Carolina several years ago. Apparently this item is folkloric-ally known as a good luck item for travelers https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293a7be702854ec0d203f/1578623958866/objects_pittsburgh_edith_web.jpg Galleries - Edith, 49, North Braddock, PA Tibetan skull bead made from cow bone. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293a98b84df17f6d7fe13/1578623958180/Objects_pittsburgh_kristi_web.jpg Galleries - Kristi, 57, Pittsburgh This pendant was made by my high school boyfriend in art class (in 1976 probably). I didn't realize that I still had it after multiple moves (from the west coast to Pittsburgh, etc.). I rediscovered the pendant and then reconnected with him by phone. He is off the grid for the most part, living the life of a hermit with no running water or vehicle in the woods along the Allegheny River. I keep it to remind me of my youth. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293aa5186f55aa76528ca/1578623958212/objects_pittsburgh_sarahk_web.jpg Galleries - Sara, 23, Pittsburgh This change purse was given to me by my grandmother when I was a kid. It has been something that I have found use for since. But never to carry around coins or money. I think it made a great knick-knack carrier when I was young and once I got to college it became my USB container. It is a simple object, but home I have with me all of the time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293b51542f6406684a4b5/1578623958278/objects_pittsburgh_meg28_web.jpg Galleries - Meg, 28, Pittsburgh My [maternal] grandpa started and owned Miller Pump Supply and ran it his whole life. I found this keychain in a junk drawer when we were doing a final walkthrough of my grandparent's house before closing and selling it after they passed. I don't know what the keys unlock. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293e9a7dec04fd2e835d9/1578623958316/Objects_pittsburgh_Allison_web.jpg Galleries - Allison, 24, Pittsburgh These two rings come my from my grandmothers on either side of my family: the jade pinky ring from my father's mom and the opal ring from my maternal grandmother. Each of these women has been hugely influential for me and their stories and strength have inspired me in ways beyond what I can describe in words. I'm very interested in rings as a way of passing history-- each of my grandmothers has done a lot with her hands and for years these rings were a part of those hands. These rings are special to me not just as gifts from two women I admire, but also because by wearing them I am actively contributing to their history and legacy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293e98541c55a85469cf5/1578623958401/objects_pittsburgh_sam_flat.jpg Galleries - Sam, 29, Pittsburgh Dino is a yellow stuffed dinosaur born at the Museum of Natural History in NYC. My mother gave him to me when I was six years old. I had a purple brontosaurus before Dino, but I left him in Nova Scotia on a family trip. Dino game into my life as a replacement and has been part of my life since. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293eeaef68661e460d7ef/1578623958349/objects_pittsburgh_camilo_web.jpg Galleries - Camilo, 32, Pittsburgh Lorenzo the Diplodocus Dinosaur was waiting for Pauline and me abandoned on porch in Squirrel Hill. Since then we have adopted Lorenzo. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293f3aef68661e460d87b/1578623958410/Objects_Pittsburgh_joseph_web.jpg Galleries - Joseph, 28, Pittsburgh My brother's boy scout pocket knife. I found it in his room after his funeral and I keep it with me to remember him. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293f38541c55a85469ec7/1578623958364/Objects_Pittsburgh_christine_web.jpg Galleries - Christine, 42, Beaver, PA The journal was a gift begun as a gift to me my 3 sons for my birthday several years ago. Each year, they each write in a page. It is a beautiful glimpse into their hearts and is a precious possession. The pussy willows were given to me from my niece and nephew who live in Bruxelles. They are their kisses for me when I am missing them. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8293f61542f6406684ac8c/1578623958443/Objects_pittsburgh_phyllis_web.jpg Galleries - Phyllis, 26, Pittsburgh I bought this jacket 2 doors down from Bunker Projects at a furniture store. As I was trying it on, the woman who sold it to the store came in and told us stories of her grandmother wearing it and how she used to work at Kaufmann's when it was still around in Pittsburgh and how she traveled a lot to China as a buyer. I love this jacket so much and it's been with me at my happiest and saddest. In the woods, at the lake, at costume parties, and work functions. It's the only coat that the cold won't penetrate and I feel so powerful wearing it. Today I was strolling downtown in my heels and this ridiculous coat and feeling so damn powerful after a grueling mind-zapping day in my cubicle. I love this coat and the way it empowers me when I wear it. EVERYONE should own a rabbit fur coat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294538541c55a8546aa0d/1578623958397/objects_cecelia_web.jpg Galleries - Cecelia, 28, Pittsburgh This necklace was a birthday gift from one of my very closest friends. Every time I wore it I received many compliments and questions about its material and origin. It fell perfectly between my breasts. When it broke I felt like a bad friend, even though it was an accident. This necklace is a talisman and I am not ready to let it go. I will teach myself Kintsugi and mend the break with gold dust like it is a Japanese pot. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294533440de5ed555025f/1578623958377/Objects_pittsburgh_anna_allup_web.jpg Galleries - Anna, 23, Pittsburgh Scarf: This was given to my by my mother's friend when I was in elementary school. I rediscovered it in high school or college and began wearing it on my head or carrying it around in my bag or wrapped around my wrist just in case. It became an important part of my personal style. Whales: Both were made by one of my best friends from school, Justin Lin. The bronze one is pocket-sized and really nice to hold. The porcelain one keeps my plants company. Photograph of Penelope Cruz: This used to hang on the wall of the dining room in the house my ex-boyfriend shared with his college roommates. It spoke to me. When they were all leaving after graduation I snagged it. Now it hangs over my bed. While it was in the boys' house, they had this post-it on it that said "don't jerk off to me" but I moved it to a picture of Walter White because I didn't think Penelope would mind. Assorted Friendship Bracelets: I wore all of these at once stacked up my wrist the summer after freshman year when I worked as a camp counsellor at an all-girls camp in Maine. This was the summer of my first real boyfriend, nicknamed Office Dave. He goes by David now. We still talk. Buzzer and Combs: Given to me in November when I went home to visit my mom and dad for their birthdays. My dad has had it for maybe 20 years. Now that my hair's short, I'll use it. Dad shaved the back of my neck in the kitchen while I was cooking brussel sprouts and said something along the lines of, "I never thought I'd be shaving my daughter's head." I think he always wanted a son. When I got back to Pittsburgh, Leah Wulfman came over and shaved my head with the longest comb in the kit. A week later, Caitlyn came over and we both took off our shirts and I gave her a matching haircut. Necklace Charm: I found this in one of my mother's jewelry boxes, the one that has the stuff that is too busy, that she never wears. It is made out of butterfly wings. I wore it every day but I shouldn't have ever showered in it. Now the whole design is breaking apart and there are deep, black areas that weren't there before. It makes me sad to look at it now. The design was a woman in a dress facing left and holding a bouquet. Photo in dinosaur frame: This is a framed photo that I've had in my room since it was taken. It's a photo of me and my cousin Chloe. I think we were camping. This was back when Aunt Diane and Uncle Mike were still together. Uncle Mike was the one who was big on camping. He still takes the girls camping and rock climbing sometimes. I like that the frame doesn't have any glass. There's just a round space for a photo to be attached. Someone (I'm guessing my mother) had to trace this indent and cut the photo, then set it in there with tape. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294568b84df17f6d8130e/1578623958405/objects_pittsburgh_jill_web.jpg Galleries - Jill, 39, Pittsburgh My aunt made this baby blanket for me when I was born. Through my parents' divorce, changing schools several times from first grade to high school, college and young 20s in NYC, lost friends/pets/family and most recently the end of my marriage-- Blankie has been THE constant in my life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82945f5186f55aa7653e19/1578623963225/objects_pittsburgh_rhyss_web.jpg Galleries - Reese, 25, Pittsburgh This is a box of small sentimental objects and jewelry. I keep it in my small apartment. I have a bedroom full of sentimental objects in the same city. I have had some of these objects for a long time. The earliest object is the shell necklace. It was given to me by an artist friend of my father. He said "don't let anyone take this, these are hot items" or something to that affect. I'm not sure if he meant his art is valuable, which it has become in the years since, or if the shells were particularly popular for kids in the 4th or 5th grade. I wore it until it fell off. I have some other objects that book-end my public school education. The bullet casing and rifle pin are from my time as a varsity member of my championship rile team. Items from there get less personally sentimental, maybe because they're more recent, maybe because I collected them with intention. Prayer cards from late relatives and friend's late relatives. Westinghouse trinkets from my Grandfathers long career as a draftsman. My great grandfathers ring - maybe less sentimental because I wear it on occasion. And assorted other things. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829485066c1e0546a5b75b/1578623958477/Objects_pittsbught_arianaM_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294856657bc20610388db/1578623958490/objects_pittsburgh_AnnaB_web.jpg Galleries - Anna, 24, Pittsburgh Cremation tag: This is a cremation tag from my father's death. The tag (and the box) were in my mother's trunk for 3+ years. When we finally spread the ashes, she threw away the tag. I dug through the trash while my family condescendingly asked what the hell I was doing and I have kept it on my keychain ever since. It is subtle and no one ever notices it dangling. (Magic) hair piece: I had been nannying a 5 year old child for 2.5 years before I got a "real job." one day the mom texted me desperately needing someone on a Saturday in December. I took her ice skating. She (somehow) remembered the last time I went ice skating with her. I shattered both of my heels later that evening. She gave me this hair piece with magical super powers that would give me good luck and the ability to fly on the ice. I wear it in my hair to remind me that she cares so much about me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294888541c55a8546b1ac/1578623958531/objects_pittsburgh_benn22_2_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829487066c1e0546a5b805/1578623958511/objects_Pittsburgh_ben22_1_web.jpg Galleries - Ben, 22, Pittsburgh Stratego is one of my favorite board games of all times. I used to play with my dad all of the time and only beat him about 1/129 times https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82948c8b84df17f6d818ac/1578623958545/objects_pittsburgh_dylanR21_web.jpg Galleries - Dylan, 21, Pittsburgh Buffalo figurine: My dad grew up in Buffalo and collected some of these figurines. He gave me this one to hold on to. Pink Yarn Toy: My best friend growing up was Japanese and we couldn't speak the same language. So we just played without speaking. He gave me this toy when he moved back to Japan. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82948b8b84df17f6d8189f/1578623958544/objects_pittsburgh_david26_web.jpg Galleries - David, 26, Pittsburgh, PA My dad died suddenly two weeks ago. The binoculars and microscope were his. He has a fascination with optics, which was some of the inspiration for my study of science. The cockroach was a gift I gave him last Christmas. We both love biological specimens, and he kept a colony of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (which mom hated) in the basement. I miss you dad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82948e3440de5ed55508c1/1578623958942/Objects_Pittsburgh_emily23rocks_web.jpg Galleries - Emily, 23, Pittsburgh, PA I am a geologist, so I brought a bag of rocks I collected while I was climbing Mt.Gothic, Colorado. Not only do they memorialize a significant moment for me – 12000 ft. above sea level – but they remind me of my grandfather's funeral, when we scattered his ashes in the river right next to Mt. Gothic. And the shells in with the rocks were found at the Mountain's peak – as a reminder that the highest mountains were once seas and perhaps my grandfather will climb mountains again someday. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82948d8b84df17f6d818dc/1578623958933/objects_pittsburgh_emily23flowers_web.jpg Galleries - Emily, 23, Pittsburgh, PA These three corsages are a reminder of high school dances and how I look back at them with withered emotions now, but once my feelings were a lot fresher. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d829490be702854ec0d3e92/1578623958962/Objects_pittsburgh_jeff_all_web.jpg Galleries - Jeff, 39, Pittsburgh Succulent in an elephant: My partner gave me this pot and the plant, though separately. The elephant used to hold some cacti, but those died and the succulent was in a pack of four that he bought last summer. During a bad wind storm the pack of succulents blew away and I could not find them. A couple of weeks later I was doing some yard work and found one of the plants from the pack of four behind our water barrel. It was doing quite well in its little clump of dirt. I potted it in the elephant that day. Begonia in a pot: My mom gave me this, she rooted it from her plant. We have a lot of plants at home and it is one of my favorites. I always wonder how long plants like this live if they can constantly begin again as another plant, a new plant. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294935186f55aa7654486/1578623958623/objects_pittsburgh_matt22_web.jpg Galleries - Matt, 22, Pittsburgh, PA I have had this my whole life (22 years) and still sleep with it. My mom was pushing me through Toys r US in a stroller when I was 5 years old and I reached out and grabbed it and wouldn't let go until I got it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d82949204c37d60a637d3ef/1578623958573/objects_pittsburgh_kevin28_web.jpg Galleries - Kevin, 28, Pittsburgh, PA Alphabet soup letters scrambled in a tiny bottle. The letters spell out "Window full of sunlight" and was gifted to me via the US postal service on my 27th birthday A clementine orange with the word "Engagement" written on it, gifted by my friend Lizzie on my 27th birthday, a mantra to meditate on for my 27th revolution around the sun. A beeswax cast of my friend's teeth These Aura photographs taken at magic jewelry before and after my nomadic slumber party project, "We are Responsible for our Dreams," the two photos are almost identical, but in the after photo my aura is slightly more vibrant "I wish for a new era for America" ribbon (torn). A wish ribbon from Rivane Nevenschwander's "I wish your wish." I was supposed to tie this ribbon around my wrist in three knots and wear it until it fell off, at which point the wish would come true. I am not sure we have entered a new American Epoch… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8294961542f6406684bfdf/1578623958629/objects_pittsburgh_norman_web.jpg Galleries - Norman, 33, Cologne, Germany I got this scarf from my girlfriend 10 years ago. I lost it a couple of times and felt horrible. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8296395186f55aa76574c6/1578623958544/jack_45_pittsburg.jpg Galleries - Jack, 45, Pittsburgh Squeaky the Mouse: I received Squeaky when I was 5 from either my parents or my sister. I have kept him ever since. Squeaky has been my safe items for when I am sick or sad. I tried to give him to my son but I couldn't let go yet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f051f1b7e66d908b230/1578623963218/_MG_8042_web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh childs iron: My grandmother and grandfather on my fathers side, were antique dealers and when my grandmother sold her home at almost 100 years to move in to an assisted living apartment I was given this beautiful childs iron. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f05d4e8684cb86a103f/1578623957781/_MG_8039_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f0a1f1b7e66d908b2a2/1578623957651/_MG_8046_web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 5 moon rock: I was given this instead of money for a clothing item I was selling. It was such an amazing gesture an I have held on to it as a symbol of love and compassion. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f0a1d47f936912e73ef/1578623957592/_MG_8044_web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 2 railroad spike men: My grandfather who raised my mother in Johnstown poor and an electrician in the mill made these in his spare time. He died at almost 100 yrs old and I collected this from his home. Along with the ship. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f0bddfd185309ae4b94/1578623957595/_MG_8050_web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 4 Bahia woman: I have never been to Brazil since my adoption and was given this woman by a friend who visited. I have looked at it everyday as I work to reconnect with my homeland. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f0b1d47f936912e7414/1578623958684/_MG_8051_web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 6 No Information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f0eb41b640ba522cfb5/1578623957728/Objects_pittsburgh_lianna1web.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 1 singer place tile: Growing up in Wilkinsburg, an insanly historical bourough in Pittsburgh PA, My community had become overcome with racism, redlining, and gangs. This was a massive beautiful home on a hill that was falling apart and I would steal tiles before they broke in to pieces from the entrance way. These tiles are so beautiful and were shipped across the world. I could not stand to watch them crumble. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f35d4e8684cb86a1319/1578623957861/objects_Pittsburgh_Terry_web.jpg Galleries - Terry, 30, Pittsburgh A key ring that was gifted to me from teenagers on a train trip through Morocco https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d856f423a08391190754d7f/1578623958803/objects_pittsburgh_ashley_web.jpg Galleries - Pittsburgh, PA This Santa on a string was passed down from my grandfather. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8573ff1f1b7e66d90905f7/1578623957908/objects_Monica_Pittsburgh.jpg Galleries - Monica, 38, Pittsburgh, PA My blanket is named "Kiki." I have had it since I was born and still til this day have it it wrapped around my head to sleep or covering my ears to muffle sound. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8573ff1d47f936912ec785/1578623957915/objects_Lucia_Pittsburgh.jpg Galleries - Lucia, 6, Pittsburgh, PA My blanket's name is "Taggy" and it is special because my grandma made it. If I could I would take it with me everywhere with me but I don't so it doesn't get lost https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d857b34ddfd185309af2b99/1578623957726/Objects_Pittsburgh_abagail.jpg Galleries - Abagail, 28, Pittsburgh, 1 This sewing table belonged to my maternal grandmother who inherited it from her husband's mother - my great grandmother. There was some controversy regarding who inherited it next. We all had a special relationship with my grandmother, Nana. I really appreciate receiving this table since I have such fond memories of learning how to sew with Nana. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d857df0b41b640ba523de6e/1578623957671/Barbara_51_Pittsburgh.jpg Galleries - Barbara, 51, Pittsburgh A box of objects. My pastor said aren't you glad you didn't throw that stuff away? and I am glad because it started me making dolls as a hobby. Then I started making pianos. I believe in getting a hobby not a habit. I am a pre diabetic, so my hobby helps me to cut my appetite. my diabetic strips are the keys to my life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8580a71f1b7e66d909ec78/1578623957674/shelly_20_Pittsburgh.jpg Galleries - Connie, 20, Pittsburgh This Shrek keychain was handmade by my friend. Something about Shrek is very comforting, he has a sweet vest and has a nice wrapped texture. I watch Shrek when I am sad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8581341d47f936912fb5d2/1569030459911/objects_pittsburgh_sarahk_web.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8949898d2eb93d33c71cf8/1578623957649/objects_Liana_pittsburgh_31.jpg Galleries - Liana, 31, Pittsburgh 3 3 photos: My 1st passport photo to come to the US after my 1985 adoption, crying because I wanted milk and the cute Brazilian boys who were taking care of me back. The last was me and my mother the day she picked me up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d895416fd3ef815d5fc1c28/1578623844646/pittsburgh_priyanka_25_4.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 1 Softball was a hobby of my youth. I was really shy and it helped me focus some of my energy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89541a6528657d97a3945d/1578623957246/pittsburgh_priyanka_26_6.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 3 This die was a present from my college friend who influenced my love of college games and nerd stuff. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89541612ff5334c05be223/1578623957316/pittsburgh_Priyanka_26_5.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 2 I was gifted this amber necklace by an old lady who used to be my mother's neighbor. I absolutely love fossils, bones, teeth, anything old. This raw amber feels so good in my hands. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89542112ff5334c05be2d4/1578623957316/priyanka_26_pittsburgh.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 5 No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8954326528657d97a3966c/1578623957316/priyanka_26_pittsburgh2.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 6 PVSC chip my friends in the Pittsburgh Vintage Scooter Club hosts my favorite camping trip. One year it was casino themed. I finally learned how to play craps. I couldn't give back my lucky chip. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89541d4222875f9388bc13/1578623957401/pittsburgh_priyanka_26_8.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 4 This is a lanyard from the pinball world championships, my current hobby. I started in college and have been playing for 5 years. I have learned that I am real competitive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89543c16b31240a1d3a311/1578623957361/priyanka_pittsburgh_26_7.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 8 This flask belonged to my father. He passed when I was eleven. He loved scotch. I love scotch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d895439856d7f4d755d7732/1578623957362/priyanka_Pittsburgh_3.jpg Galleries - Priyanka, 26, Pittsburgh 7 Indian box, nice hand feel. holds needles https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8959e4bd08d01f691aa98b/1578623957413/briana_Pittsburgh_28.jpg Galleries - Briana, Pittsburgh, 28 One of my best friends was awarded an internship from CMU in Qatar. She wanted to get me a necklace to represent our friendship and I told her I wanted a triple infinity sign charm. This charm means a lot to me and I barely ever take it off. It has been become an object that people recognize me by. Infinity means forever and it makes me remember that what goes around comes around. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d8968195dbd9a44c7730105/1578623957428/Lisa_53_Pittsburgh_1.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 1 Tricycle - When I was one they asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I kept saying "BIKE!" My mom told me I was too little but that didn't stop my Uncle Allen. He bought me this green tricycle at Sears and kept it in the trunk of his car until we came over to visit after my birthday. He sat me on it and pushed me all around their house. Now, he and my Aunt Zelma were very prim and proper with a spotless house and I can't imagine anyone riding a tricycle around in their house, but they tell me it happened! They were actually my great aunt & uncle; she was my grandmother's sister. He fought in world WWI and waas a survivor of the very first Legionnaires' disease outbreak in 1976. He went to a lot of funerals after that convention. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896818d23a1d5798a8955a/1578623957454/lisa_53_Pittsburgh_2.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 2 Quilt - This quilt was made by my Great Aunt Zelma when she was pregnant with her only child. She was convinced that the child was going to be a girl, but got Harold instead. She kept the quilt for years, and I can only assume it didn't go to her granddaughter because quilts were out of fashion at the time, so I ended up with it. I used this quilt on my bed all the time when I was a kid. The quilt must have been made around 1923 because my cousin Harold was born in 1924. He later was in the second day of the D-Day invasion. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89682b05215a1fb4435dde/1578623957458/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_3.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 4 Stuffed Duck - I was given this stuffed duck, who I've always known as Donnie, when I was 4 days old by a friend of the family. Her name was Tessie, and sadly I don't remember her. They tell me I loved her, but she died when I was about 18 months old. I slept with this duck until I left for college; I was afraid to take him for fear he got lost or hurt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896824a83793651fd22c0e/1578623957465/lisa_53_Pittsburgh_3.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 3 Afghan - My grandma made me this afghan. Her name was Florence, but we teasingly called her Flossie. She never had much money and one year for Christmas she made an afghan for each of her 12 grandchildren. The boys got blue, and the girls got pink or purple, but *I* got blue because she knew I hated pink and loved blue. I used this afghan on the foot of my bed when I was a kid. I don't know if any of my cousins still have theirs or not. I miss my grandma. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89683fd23a1d5798a898b3/1578623958638/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_5.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 6 Red Dog Collar - This is Savanah's collar. She was the dog we had after sleepy. I got her as a gift for my mom for Mother's day in 1987. She came from the shelter and had been abused in the short 4 months she had been alive before I picked her out. It took her a while to not be afraid of everything, but she was the nicest sweetest dog you could ever want. Still miss her too. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89683ea83793651fd22ea0/1578623958665/Lisa_Pittsburgh_53_4.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 5 Green Dish Towel - My grandmother also made this green dish towel. The patterning is called huckweaving; you buy the towel and add the colored threads. She was very good at this, just like she was good at most fiber arts. She made these for everyone all the time, and I know there are still a lot of them floating around my relatives houses. I put this one away because I liked the colors and I wanted to have one that wasn't stained or raggedy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896849a83793651fd22fb5/1578623963200/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_6.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 7 Shoes & Fan - I got these shoes when we went to Spain to visit family for the first time when I was 5. Although I'm not from the part of Spain where they use fans (we are up in the north west corner of the country. we mostly use umbrellas.) when we visited relatives in the south they bought me a fan. They still sell dress shoes that look like this in Spain. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89684d871e2e2b1b29ba1c/1578623957522/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_8.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89684df3797c3e181ce5fb/1578623957517/lisa_pittsburgh_53_7.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 7 Blue Dog Collar - I bought this collar at El Corte Ingles, a department store in A Coruña Spain in 1975. It was for my dog Sleepy. She wore it until she died in 1986, and I just couldn't bear to throw it out. It has her ID tag and her rabies tags on it. She was a great dog, really smart. I still miss her. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d89684f011d546d967e2d01/1578623957541/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_9.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 9 Medallion - In 2007 we went to Spain to visit family for my cousin Miguel's First Holy Communion. He was 9, just like his father had been when we visited there when I was 12. School let out for the summer while we were there, and the kids get a medallion for the year. I'm not really clear on the details. He decided to give me his, and I keep it hanging in my room to remember him by. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896858d23a1d5798a89abb/1578623957541/Lisa_Pittsburgh_53_11.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 11 Mouse Puppet - His name is Grendl. I do Medieval Reenactment as part of a 50 year old group called the SCA. Grendl can almost be considered my alter-ego. In spirit, he acts the part of a court jester - making people laugh and getting away with saying things that nobody else could get away with. He is somewhat well known within the group, and well loved. I always say he has his own life...a lot of times people remember his name but not mine. lol! He even has a facebook page and has more friend than I do. But the most important thing about Grendl for the scope of this project is that he is wearing things that are' sentimental to him.' Aside from his sweater & pants, every item he has on has a story. The necklace was a gift from Flip, the wolf coin from Martin, the purple bracelet from Emer & the gold torc from Hector for singing a song, the cheese from Viv because she loves him, the 'evil eye' from a little girl from Turkey, the silver bracelet he won in a game, and the ear ring was a gift from the Queen. I'm quite fond of my little mousy alter ego. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896860011d546d967e2de6/1578623957562/Lisa_Pittsburgh_53_12.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 12 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5d896858059ce74b52840614/1578623957594/lisa_Pittsburgh_53_10.jpg Galleries - Lisa, 53, Pittsburgh 10 Comic Book - This comic book belonged to my cousin Camilo who lived in A Coruña Spain. When i was 12 we went to visit the family over there, and I slept in his bedroom. I have to read before I can fall asleep, and I ended up reading his comic books out of desperation, lol. They turned out to be hysterically funny. The characters are called Mortadelo & Filemon and they are two totally inept spies - sort of Monty Python meets James Bond meets a banana peel on the sidewalk. My cousin died in 2006 from cancer, and we went to visit the family the following spring to go to his son's first holy communion (a BIG DEAL in Spain.) This book was in my aunt & uncle's house and my aunt asked me if i wanted to have it. Of course I said yes. I have many of my own copies of Mortadelo y Filemon, but this one is special. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d829030066c1e0546a53067/5e17e3b50edc8649d099cf83/1578623981536/objects_pittsburgh_ashley_web.jpg Galleries - Ashley, 30, Pittsburgh, PA This used to hang on a chain in my grandparents' basement in Port Vue, part of the small town of McKeesport, PA. It was connected to a light bulb and when you pulled it, the light came on. It hung there year round, maybe for 50 years. I don't know how long. It was just always there. I know that no one ever talked about it, not even a mention. The very last thing I did before I left their house for the very last time was take it. I felt like I had the humor of my grandpa in my pocket. I didn't think the new homeowners would get it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bd0fa141d425eef676f6/1619411025797/wofford_sketchbook_SAnFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Jenifer, San Francisco Landscape sketchbook is open to display pencil drawings of earthquake faults zig-zagging across the page. The edges of the faults are bold and shadowing is used to display the depth of the faults. The page on the left is yellow and the right is white with a black book marker ribbon down the middle. Sketchbook drawings of earthquake faults. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bd0ba141d425eef676b8/1619411227011/wallet_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information A brown leather looking tri-fold wallet lays open and empty except for an ID card featuring the headshot of a man with dark hair. “Nautica” is embossed in the lower right hand corner. Wallet with the id of the participant’s loved one. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcf8fc89f517227a7846/1619209499722/ticketsandfortune_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information A fortune cookie paper stretches diagonally across a collection of three ticket stubs. It reads, “Remember three months from now good things are coming your way”. Ticket stubs and a fortune https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcef5cbb7d7c85913b1e/1619209854282/ticket_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information Full and partial content is visible on a folded and well handled ticket stub including, “Chelsea v Le…ty”, “Premier League”, Friday 22 Dec, 15:00”, East Stand”, and Captain’s Bar, Seat N”. Ticket for a soccer game https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcdb97e5945a3aed64f3/1619410579466/skateboard_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information The underside of this skateboard features a stylized black and white human figure in suit and tie with loafered feet crossed and topped with an angular cats head. Skateboard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcd9a141d425eef67376/1619410408885/prayer_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information Gathered up on the left, a necklace of green and white jade beads spaced out on black cord with a light colored jade carving of Buddha. On the right, is a brown-toned carved rectangular piece that is about twice the size of the Buddha. religious items https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bcbddee9214f7cf3ce70/1619409994571/keychain-usf.jpg Galleries - No Information Yellow film canister keychain with film coming out of it. The images on the film show portraits of a couple in various poses. Keychain Souvenir with images of participant and her boyfriend printed on slide film. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca8fc48d1309110a822/1619208489781/headphones_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information White over-ear headphones with gold edging around the ear pieces. The headband is adjusted, showing the metal extenders within. Headphones https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca37e19f6412ac7a0ab/1619208851289/handcoloredvans_USF.jpg Galleries - No Information The photo looks down on a pair of white Vans sneakers painted abstractly in bright pink, yellow and turquoise. Both shoes are different with one mostly pinks on the top and the other with more added yellow and Turquoise. Hand painted shoes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bca2ce76032d73c5bf76/1619208336182/flat_penny_usf.jpg Galleries - No Information An oval shaped, stamped, smashed penny featuring natural landmarks and reading, “Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park” along the perimeter. Penny Souvenir https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc7aa141d425eef66c03/1619409491115/skateboard_CCA.jpg Galleries - No Information Looking down on a black skateboard with a rectangular panel, slightly off center, depicting a white dog face amidst bright yellow and pink flowers Skateboard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc75f191a5434988415b/1619207735063/religiousnecklace_CCA.jpg Galleries - Aya, 21, Oakland, CA A gold-tone chain bunched above a long, golden tube. To the right on its own sits what may be the end cap to the tube. This is my omamori. Mamori, in Japanese, means "to protect" and o- is the honorable prefix. The hexagonal case encloses a piece of red kimono that I received when I was a child. The red kimono is made daily in Tenri, Japan and every morning, it's offered to the shrine of Oyasama, foundress of the Tenrikyo faith. In the evenings, the makers cut it into square pieces and disseminate them. I wear it as protection and to remind myself of life's daily blessings. If I ever lose this, I won't be able to receive another one, so I protect it as well. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc7464d4b90d462df117/1619409545692/ninjaturtlefabric_CCA.jpg Galleries - No Information White fabric with a scattering of ninja turtle heads, ninja pizza slices, lightning bolts, “Got Pizza” and other pizza paraphernalia. The fabric is folded unevenly, emphasizing its raw edges. Ninja Turtle fabric https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc6a64d4b90d462df061/1619409120832/lighterandhead_CCA.jpg Galleries - Julianne, 21, Oakland, CA On the left, a turquoise streaked bright orange lighter with a yellow and black BIC logo at the top. On the right, a yellow plastic container with black and blue eyes, long eye lashes, a white line nose and mouth and a bright red flat top. The yellow container is shorter than the Bic lighter. Orange BIC lighter: "The best thing [my partner has] ever made". I don't smoke, but I keep it in my backpack anyway just in case someone needs a light. Yellow head: My friends and I call him Gluppie. He's full of rice paste and smells like sustenance. This gluey boy puts a smile on the face of anyone who sees him because he is so darn cute. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc684f0db4141dca662e/1619207463105/fingernail_CCA.jpg Galleries - Information not available What looks like a whole fingernail with chipped bright yellow polish. The polish doesn’t cover the bottom part of the nail which has cracks in it. Fingernail with polish. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc61fc89f517227a6bfe/1619207481560/dana_30_Richmond.jpg Galleries - Dana, 30, Richmond, CA A pale pink silken flower with a peach center. I was wearing this in my hair the night that I was drugged and sexually assaulted. I only drank a beer and a half. My ex and I were outside hanging out with some people. One of them seemed like a friend of a friend. He offered us all some drink off his flask. My ex and I weren't planning on staying at each other's houses. He had work early and I had school. But the next thing I knew I started to feel weird. My ex must have too because he said, let's go home. I was in the back seat of his car, and there was this stranger we had met at the bar. Then everything went black. I woke up in an abandoned car in Park Merced, with this stranger in the back seat on top of me. I started freaking out, and he must have been freaked too, because he started freaking out. I ran out of the car down this hill. he had me believed that he had been drugged too, because he kept acting like he was freaked about that as well. The drugs made it so that I had very critical thinking skills. I felt very foggy headed. I ran down to a catholic school and burst into their office hysterical. They called the cops. I was freaking out trying to find my boyfriend at the time. I couldn't find my phone, so I didn't know his number by heart. This dude who was on top of me, helped me do some trick on the phone to call my ex and then left to go to bart. My ex came to the school I was at and was scared shitless because he had been drugged too and didn't know what had happened to me. He woke up in an abandoned apartment building in park merced with eight cops around him who were accusing him of breaking and entering. He had no recollection of breaking into the house. They let him go, but it could have been much worse because he had a big ass bag of euro pills on him. They could have got him for intent to sell. When the cops came to the school, I had started to become more lucid and realized that the dude had played me while the drugs were still effective. The cops started trying to accuse my boyfriend of rape, and I kept trying to yell for them to listen to me, that the guy had gone up to daly city bart. The cops kept trying to tone check me. So my boyfriend and I just left. They didn't give a fuck about me. They wouldn't even listen to what I was trying to say. I went to the hospital and did the whole rape kit thing. they gave me different pants and a different shirt to wear home. Before going to the hospital we had tried to piece together where his car was, where my phone was, and where the car was that I had woken up in. We found the car and took pictures and info from out of the car. Then we found his car. My phone was in his car. But in the back seat of my boyfriend's car, where I had been sitting with the stranger was one of my gold hoop earrings broken, and my hair flower. My boyfriend wanted me to burn all the items associated with it. His culture believe they carried bad energy now. he even offered to buy me new clothes to get me to do it, but I wouldn't. I don't wear the pants anymore. But I kept the flower, and sometimes I still wear it. But I always think of that night when I put it on. You'd think I'd want to get rid of it, but I can't. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d97bc61fc48d1309110a137/1619408600990/engraved_mirror_CCA.jpg Galleries A round glass plaque embellished with scrolled edges and a flower at the bottom edge, engraved at the center with “Anton Jeng, 12-6-91”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85551768af8823780a926a/1570225568133/Meg_54_Oakland_5.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 1 a photo of my mom that I had never seen before when she was 18, she was a rainbow girl – she is also wearing the dress she got married in. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d855496b41b640ba520cf12/1570225568393/david_57_SAnFrancisco.jpg Galleries - David, 57, San Francisco This is a polaroid of my dad standing next to a giant image of the moon. It was taken on the occasion of the moon landing. We watched the moon landing together on a black and white television in our back yard. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85546b14ffd35492823689/1570225568532/rania_51_Beijing.jpg Galleries - Rania, 51, Beijing In the seven years before I married my husband we were long distance. this was before email was ubiquitous in China. We used to send letters back and forth. He made this chipmunk doll look like himself. He also made it look like an airmail package. I unearthed this going through my storage on this visit back to san francisco. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85546b3a0839119073476a/1570225568190/Meg_54_Oakland_3.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 3 Scent memory is so strong and this smell is my mother through and through. I see her when I walk by someone wearing it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553b1e7a89537825fd048/1570225568395/patrick_72_SanFrancisco_ring.jpg Galleries - Patrick, 72, San Francisco I am not married. I wear it because I have been married before. It gives me a sense of security, men don't feel threatened and women that I know don't get the wrong idea. It also gives a sense of security to my children. I have 6 children from two marriages. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553acddfd185309ac332a/1570225568339/objects_Leila_dictionary.jpg Galleries - Leila, 29, San Francisco I found this dictionary from 1893 at a bookstore in the middle of Wisconsin. I don't remember the city but the bookstore was named Driftless Books. I'll never forget that bookstore because I found it as I was drifting through this small town, looking to escape the confines of my artist residency. When I found this dictionary, the bookstore owner gave it to me at no cost. Apparently no one had ever shown interest in it. But this object reminds me how transient language can me, it is my first dictionary in my growing collection of dictionaries. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553a7e7a89537825fcef9/1570225568317/nick_32_Oakland_ring.jpg Galleries - Nick, 32, Oakland A ring from Mexico, I got it in New Orleans in a junk store on a special trip. I have lost it and found it several times since then. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553a01f1b7e66d906abdb/1570225568341/mukt_49_sanfrancisco.jpg Galleries - Mukt, 49, San Francisco My friend's dad who I am very close to made this for me. I carry it in my wallet because it is very special. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85538c3a08391190733625/1570225568270/meg_54_Oakland_6.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 6 This beaded bracelet was made by either my dad or my brother made with both of my parent's initials. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85537bb41b640ba520b694/1570225568167/Meg_54_Oakland_4.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 2 This cat wall hanging was always on my mother's wall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553663a08391190733226/1570225568247/meg_54_Oakland_2.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 5 No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553603a083911907331da/1570225568213/Meg_54_Oakland_1.jpg Galleries - Meg, 54, Oakland, 4 My mom wore my dad's wedding ring, my mom sized it after he passed so she could wear it. She wore it til she passed. my mother's mother's wedding band diamond ring is my father's mother's wedding ring. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8553541f1b7e66d906a6d8/1619211139511/kija_40_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries Open book of ivory colored paper says “Notes of a Native Son” in type across the center of the right page. Below, a faint handwritten note runs diagonally. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85534f14ffd35492822084/1619210981427/jen_45_Alameda.jpg Galleries - Jen, 45, Alameda Silver-tone chain bracelet loaded with charms ranging from hearts and combs to dogs and couples. I started collecting charms from my grandmother when I was little. After I got married, my husband started getting me charms and now my children do. One is from my husband's grandmother. My hope is by the time I am ninety it will be full. It is kind of like a photo album I wear - a personal timeline of reminders. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d855345ddfd185309ac2a50/1619411736948/jackie_35_SanFrancisco_1.jpg Galleries - Jackie, 35, Oakland, 2 Keychain without keys features two charms; One is a brown rectangular toothy monster with one arm up and the second a bright lime green capital A. The keychain belonged to my sister who passed away in March. When I gave back the keys to her apartment to her landlord, I kept the keychain in my purse. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85533168af8823780a6bba/1619411631951/Jackie_35_Oakland_2.jpg Galleries - Jackie, 35, Oakland, 1 Rough edged folded paper is open to show line drawings in blue pen: In addition to the drawing described below, there are also two little slash mouthed emoji faces off to the left and a pinwheel design on the right. The scrap paper drawing is a "collaborative" drawing by myself and my partner. I drew a random squiggle line and he drew the alien coming out of a person. It made me laugh a lot and I keep it in my wallet for laughs. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d85532f47101b6c8687a444/1619210572066/debbie_42_SanFrancisco.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 4 Tan leather pouch with exposed stitching is displayed with its neck strap extended and meandering. The fetish mentioned below sits atop the pouch. 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This red silk rose petal is from the show. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8552f192c75f103f3029db/1570225567887/debbie_42_SanFrancisco_2.jpg Galleries - Debbie, 42, San Francisco, 1 This handkerchief was a gift from my sister https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d85527292c75f103f301d79/5d8552f168af8823780a673a/1619207408709/cece_Oakland.jpg Galleries - Cece, Oakland A scattering of seven gold-tone bangle bracelets, some with embossed designs seen from the side. The eighth, at the left, is a thicker filigree cuff bracelet. These are kind of like prayer bracelets. They all come from different places. The thin ones come from the region in the Philippines where my maternal Great Grandmother comes from. She raised me, as an adult I went baack to try and figure out why she left the mountains to the low lands. I was sad I could not find the info. I was hanging with the elders who were asking my craft. 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The Ray ban sunglasses was belongs to my dad. He was very stylish when he was young, and mjy sister, borther and I always like his old stuff. But since I don't live in HK with my family (I'm the only one away from HK)I don't get a chance to get his things when he discoer some old stuff at home. This glasses is the only thing that my sister and brother were not interest and I really fall in love with. My dad has a really great story about his past. And every time I go back home, I ask him to tell me the story again altho I don't know how the sunglasses associate with any story he told, it just remind me of his awesomeness evertime I wear it. To give you a sense of his awesomeness: Wehn he was in his 20's he left Vietnam to China during Vietnam war, and went to Hong Kong with $5 in his pocket. He spent $1 on cigarettes, and another $1 for a few hot buns, and found ways to live his life with the remaining $3. That's very important for me. As I'm sort of doing the same thing--left home, and live my life alone in foreign city :) very encouraging. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d4e29bb54cb62893ff68c/1578885396903/objects_Incline_web-6.jpg Galleries - Mitch, 27, San Francisco, CA Brass ring my father gave me 10 years ago. His favorite architect made it. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d52b4887b0f07a6714bd0/1578885396816/objects_Incline_web-8.jpg Galleries - Manny, 49, San Leandro, CA Puerto Rico Patch: This patch represents my formative years in Puerto Rico where my innocence was lost. G.I. Joe : This G.I. Joe represents my childhood in N.Y.C. - before my innocence was lost. N.Y. Cap: my birthplace Elegua beads: Represents my spirituality & my connection to my ancestors. Postcard: Letter from my honey- my happiness & my wife. <3 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d4ea69c13042c9cde0a80/1578885399486/objects_Incline_web-7.jpg Galleries - Diana, 47, San Leandro, CA Brochure: Manny proposed at this Columbian Hotdog/ Arepa Columbian spot in Miami,. Pillow: Mom made the pillow for me when she dreamt / faced her mortality. Ring: Younger brother gave me this ring when he was in elementary school. Photograph: My Tio Hernando "Tio Money" bull fighting someplace in Columbia before I was born. Handkerchief: Tio Money's handkerchief, he always had one, very common for men / people of his generation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d54139619a36664ee083f/1578885396865/objects_Incline_web-9.jpg Galleries - Avit, 32, South San Francisco, CA A hat I found out by going on a flow day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d54b4887b0f07a67177f2/1578885397003/objects_Incline_web-11.jpg Galleries - Terry, 31, Oakland, CA A ring with symbols & images to commemorate service, skills, and memories in the US Army. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d54ce7faafd4f4f8200ec/1578885397057/objects_Incline_web-12.jpg Galleries - Caya, 36, San Mateo, CA Deaf! ASL! It's like a security blanket to show that I can do anything besides my deafness. Also I use American Sign Language as my preferred communication. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d54797faafd4f4f81f9a2/1578885396945/objects_Incline_web-10.jpg Galleries - Janelle, 36, Oakland, CA I stole this stone from Yaxchilan, an ancient Maya city in Chiapas. It was an impulsive, shameful act. One of my dirty little secrets. The stone has become a reminder of the biggest risks I've taken, the rules I've broken and the acts of rebllion, however few, I have performed in my life. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d55103e6a73239ce58f9d/1578885397109/objects_Incline_web-14.jpg Galleries - Shirin, 22, San Francisco, CA This pen has been my latest obsession I got it for free at a music show, and since then have been using it for everything- I just love it! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d55533358103990c50d24/1578885397076/objects_Incline_web-15.jpg Galleries - Ariela, 25, Mexico City, Mexico My wedding ring. It is engraved with my wedding date and husband’s name. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5506b186dc15e95a29ff/1578885397047/objects_Incline_web-13.jpg Galleries - Jeremy, 38, Washington, DC I'm feeling connected with my I-phone so that I can communicate with my girlfriend whom I've been dating 2 years- long distance - DC & SF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d555d3e6a73239ce5953a/1578885397348/objects_Incline_web-16.jpg Galleries - Jon, 32, San Francisco, CA Wallet: Nothing too special except that I think its fancy spending money to buy something to keep money in. I like holding it like a book. There is Italian etched into the leather. Red Envelope: Mom and Dad gave me this for my birthday. I've kept it in my wallet. I don't know what it says (or I forgot) There is $100 in it. It's lucky money. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5595e256b52b2177cc49/1578885397138/objects_Incline_web-17.jpg Galleries - Esther, 65, Palo Alto, CA Mugs: The mugs were purchased as "seconds" on a visit to Rye, England in the late 1980's & have been my primary coffee mugs on a daily basis ever since. I was with a close friend at the time and I suppose the mugs carry some of the memory of the experience. One has a lot of cracking inside, so I don't use it anymore, (it is "retired") but I still keep it in the cupboard. Handkerchief and Bracelet: The handkerchief and bracelet were gifts from my grandfather who died when I was about 5 years old. He was from New York, but he died in New Orleans, LA. The handkerchief arrived in the mail a few days later. I don't know much about the bracelet, except that I always liked it. One other thought--the handkerchief and bracelet are "treasures" but I haven't preserved them very well. I think this is interesting. I don't think it is that important to put them in archival storage or anything. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d56437faafd4f4f821bd7/1578885397173/objects_Incline_web-18.jpg Galleries - Heather, 33, Oakland, CA This pot is from Ladakh- from a women's craft collective. I brought back the pot, carefully carried from the Himalayas to my home in Big Sur. 2 weeks after my return, our home was destroyed by a fire started by lightning. I was very sad I had left the pot in the home + assumed it was destroyed as well. After the fire, digging through the ashes, miraculously I cam across the pot, perfectly intact, only newly marked w/ black from the fire. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5660fa6e9d330fc2c412/1578885397214/objects_Incline_web-19.jpg Galleries - Robert, 11, Albany, CA I got this tin truck from my great grandma https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d56c8bb54cb628940aab3/1578885397299/objects_Incline_web-21.jpg Galleries - Patricia, 25, Oakland, CA Two scarves: These scarves have hung on the walls of my past four rooms because of their strange details. They are both from Lompoc thrift stores. Set of four bells: These bells are from a Botanica in New York. I made molds of them for a sculpture class assignment. I like their shape. Lump of Silver: I melted the lump of silver myself from silver sodder- it's actually made of about 30% lead. I wore it on a ribbon around my neck until my sophomore year of college. Lump of Juniper Resin: The lump of resin formed on a Juniper tree where it was hit by lightning. My friend gave it to me. Astronaut earring: My sister made me the astronaut earring when I graduated from college. Reflector: The reflector is from a school bus that crashed into my elementary school when I was in 6th grade. It hit the teacher's lounge, during recess. Poppy pods: The poppy pods are from a farm in Vermont I worked on. We learned how to extract the seeds. Perfume sample: The perfume is the first sample of perfume I ever received. Perfume, and the accumulation of samples of, is now very important to me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d56b17faafd4f4f8225db/1578885397281/objects_Incline_web-20.jpg Galleries - Dana, 32, San Francisco, CA Both objects were my grandmothers. When she left her home to go into assisted living my family gave a lot of her items she no longer needed to the family. Included in the stuff sent to me was these gloves and wallet. They were barely worn, I have since used them a lot and almost worn them out so I stopped using them to preserved them due to attachment. I like that my grandma and me have the same glove size! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d574664b3ab36839cf39e/1578885397397/objects_Incline_web-22.jpg Galleries - Mik, 38, San Francisco, CA This is my dad's passport that he used when he first arrived in the U.S. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d57869619a36664ee4d05/1578885397422/objects_Incline_web-23.jpg Galleries - Adriana, 37, San Francisco, CA My dad gave me the pendant as a gift when I was little. He told me it belonged to my grandmother. Her name was Freida. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d57bc887b0f07a671b33d/1578885397433/objects_Incline_web-24.jpg Galleries - Ruby, 26, Berkeley, CA The pair of shoes are bought by my grandmother two and a half years ago before I came to the US to study. Its good quality but I wore it so much that cause some damage on the bottom. I simply love old stuffs so I don't want to throw it away, but when I came across this project, it immediately reminds me of that my grandmother bought this for me and the day we spent in the shoe store. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d58574fc2c4572faf2593/1578885397506/objects_Incline_web-26.jpg Galleries - Kate, 30, Oakland, CA My objects are all representative of people that are close to me, place I love,/ that have impacted me, and traits, goals, and sentiments that I am proud of or are somehow a part of me. Each object holds a story or many stories for me and reminds me of things that I have experienced with joy, gratitude, trepidation, humility and awe. Most importantly, many of these objects express the way sharing experiences with friends and family deepens those moments, and expands my own connection to others and the world we share. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d58b53e6a73239ce5d58f/1578885397578/objects_Incline_web-27.jpg Galleries - Monica, 40, Oakland, CA A few years ago my father gave me this hospital wristband from when I was born (Oregon, 1974) When he gave it to me, the printed text was still visible - now it's mostly disappeared. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d58f07faafd4f4f8255ed/1578885397832/objects_Incline_web-28.jpg Galleries - Marsh, 62, San Francisco, CA I have had a fascination with hands for a long time. A friend game them to me. For me they have a history. I ask, where are the rest of the parts, what did the doll look like, who loved her? No longer attached to the body, they become a glimmer of memory, childhood, unsettling and sad. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59317faafd4f4f825bd0/1578885397697/objects_Incline_web-29.jpg Galleries - Kevin, 52, San Francisco, CA One bracelet given to me by a friend I don't see so much any more, and miss. One bracelet given to me by my partner who lives in Chicago, and whom I miss. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59623358103990c55de0/1578885397693/objects_Incline_web-30.jpg Galleries - Christine, 46, San Francisco, CA Sunglasses : these sunglasses were £10 in Dublin, Ireland on a trip with my mother + we never travel together anymore. Everyone comments on how cool they are , even though it's not the looks taht make them essential to me (or the UV quality.) Ring: This is a $10 ring that my husband + I bought super quick online b/c we forgot to order rings for our ceremony. I never wanted anything else. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d597a4fc2c4572faf409b/1578885397710/objects_Incline_web-31.jpg Galleries - Emily, 24, San Francisco, CA I am from NH (East Coast transplant in West Coast) I use this carabeener to keep my keys together and remind me where I cam from / grew up. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59a2bb54cb628940e679/1578885397833/objects_Incline_web-32.jpg Galleries - Becca, 25, Morristown, NJ The necklace was a gift for my bat mitzvah, which symbolizes a passage into adulthood. I still wear it every day to help remind me of where I come from and how I got to where I am today. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59c3fa6e9d330fc30b9e/1578885397837/objects_Incline_web-33.jpg Galleries - Kevin, 42, Oakland, CA Duplicate ring of one I have had since 25. The original one broke when a car door slammed on my hand, but it essentially saved me from a broken finger. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59c5bb54cb628940ea3c/1578885397983/objects_Incline_web-34.jpg Galleries - Jeremy, 37, Oakland, CA My beloved Borsolino cap from Rome in 2000, plus my 1950’a Shuron Ronsir eyeglasses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d59d1887b0f07a671e2f7/1578885397989/objects_Incline_web-35.jpg Galleries - Marko, 25, San Francisco, CA It was the first time I lost my wallet, and this paper clip has been holding it together for me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a14887b0f07a671e86c/1578885397983/objects_Incline_web-36.jpg Galleries - Sholeh, 32, Oakland, CA No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a44bb54cb628940f42e/1578885398134/objects_Incline_web-38.jpg Galleries - Phoenix, 6, Castro Valley, CA I like it because he moves. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a3f4fc2c4572faf5246/1578885397987/objects_Incline_web-37.jpg Galleries - Jonathan, 23, San Francisco, CA in 2007, I lived in Japan for a few months, and I received this charm from a Buddhist Temple. I've had it ever since. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a593358103990c5757c/1578885398139/objects_Incline_web-39.jpg Galleries - Fiona, 8, Castro Valley, CA He is special because my mom and dad gave him to me when I was born. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a6ebb54cb628940f7fd/1578885398141/objects_Incline_web-40.jpg Galleries - Sarah, 35, Castro Valley, CA My Dad gave me this necklace as a reminder that he is not giving up despite his Parkinson's diagnosis. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5a7f3358103990c57904/1578885398266/objects_Incline_web-41.jpg Galleries - Nicole, 22, San Francisco, CA My mother's watch she gave me before I moved to SF 1 month ago. A watched she used during her career and so she gave it to me for the start of mine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5ab34fc2c4572faf5ba1/1578885398281/objects_Incline_web-43.jpg Galleries - Francesco, 40, San Francisco, CA This Moka Stovetop reminds me where I'm from, it starts my day every day. It's probably the most common object in any Italina household anywhere in the world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5aa94fc2c4572faf5b1f/1578885398275/objects_Incline_web-42.jpg Galleries - Lindsey, 24, San Francisco, CA Bluey (very originally named for his color) has been with me since the day I was born. He was actually my sister's blanket that she had no interest in so I inherited it. If I ever feel sad, I take a drag of Bluey and feel immediately comforted. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8d5ae7887b0f07a671fd65/1578885398281/objects_Incline_web.jpg Galleries - A.R. The photo is of mother who is deceased. The ceramic skull I bought for $25 at the Getty in Los Angeles. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8e5520f71d811b994aa3b6/1578885396726/objects_incline_web.jpg Galleries - Sara, 31, San Francisco This shell was as one of the few things I brought with me when i moved to America- My grandfather gave it to me- he used to tell me that the ocean lived inside the shell. I still think it does... https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8e55bdd2a8a307e38fc2db/1578885397558/ryan_incline_web.jpg Galleries - Ryan, 34, San Francisco, CA Globe and Atlas: The globe + atlas are important to me because the globe belonged to my grandfather when he was in the Red Cross, traveling to Germany to help rebuild after WWII. The Atlas was restored by my other grandfather who fought in that war and later became a bookbinder. Together, they represent my admiration for two men who dedicate their lives to making the world a better place. Camera: The camera was given to me by my father to use in my first photography class. It has been with me all over the world, and represents my journey as an artist. Belay: The belay device is used in rock climbing and keeps me and my partner safe. It represents my love of the outdoors and adventure. Compass: The compass was given to me by my girlfriend Kate. It symbolizes our shared love of adventure, and finding our way through life together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d8e6782e743df740422ba82/1578885398427/AndyandNina_Incline_web.jpg Galleries - Andy 26, Nina 28, San Francisco, CA Receipt is from when Nina had her thesis printed + bound - she is also from Detroit Key is from an apartment we rented in Paris. Tickets from concerts and games we attended. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7e900e1e25e9d2a3cd0/1578590344135/Bill_RandomParts_flat.jpg Galleries - Bill, 78, Oakland, CA Hat Pin: Found somewhere, not sure where, not sure why I decided to hold on to it. It one of those things you don't see anymore. Instrument: From an artist friend of mine, a cabinet maker, who made it especially for me, because he knows I love music. Letter: From a lady that I met when I was traveling in Nagano, Japan taking a woodblock printing class. She was an artist. I like the stamps. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7e93bc202545dde9f97/1578590526802/david_RP_web.jpg Galleries - David, 33, Oakland, CA This keychain is a momento that reminds me of a whole complicated web of musing, travel, relationships and friendships from another era of my life. It signifies a start to a different path that I am still connected to, but also so far away from. It also reminds me of a connection to New Mexico that I still romanticize. The Elliot Smith ticket is a reminder of my youth concert-going and all the moodiness of being 18 This folding diary is a gift from my wife from shortly after we started dating. It was a window into her perspective on those early days, and brings me pleasure to recount some of the details I might otherwise forget. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7ef80d5f70f5dd9be48/1578590563534/kates_Objects_RP_web.jpg Galleries - Kate, 42, Oakland, CA When I was 11 years old I received this trophy for a Fire Prevention Week poster I made. It was 1984 and the Ghostbusters movie was really big. The slogan I used on the poster was "Take it from the Smokebusters - Use Smoke Alarms". It was the first award I received for making art. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7eec3cf443ddb9a3d04/1578590631892/JuanCarlos_RP_web.jpg Galleries - Juan Carlos, 51, Oakland, CA Stone was giving to me by my aunt who was a nun in Cuba. She told me it was from Cobre, Cuba. The small town where the virgin de La Caridad, patron saint of Cuba, is kept. The match box was found on the street of habana on my first trip there in 1995. The picture is of the Bar Hermanos Quintana, which was my family bar in Habana , Cuba. The picture is of my Uncle Roberto, who gave it to his wife Delia in1959, the year of the revolution. The book was sent to me from my cousin Alberto from Cuba in early 2000's . It is one of many things sent to me from my relatives there that I have kept because of sentimental value. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7f45b9e6e2271aae413/1570068679218/kathySloane_RP_flat.jpg Galleries https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7f4c3cf443ddb9a3dae/1578885396676/kathySloane_RP_web.jpg Galleries - Kathy, 75, Oakland, CA This bowl and plate are what remains of my parent's "good" dishes. The ones we used for Thanksgiving and special occasions. They are Stengel ware. Hand painted by the Pennsylvania Dutch. My father bought this ring for my mother during a trip they made to Florence, Italy in 1968 - their first trip to Europe. I always loved this unusual ring and started wearing it after my mother died in 2003. Blue enamel over gold was very popular during the Renassance. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7fc59622a32ba66c59d/1578885396685/Marcella_RP_web.jpg Galleries - Marcela, 24, San Francisco, CA My dad came to visit and went to a cheese shop. The only thing he bought was three water bottles, one for me, my mom, and him. I am attached to it because it makes me feel that we all share a mundane activity together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f7fd00e1e25e9d2a3f1c/1578885396777/Tallulah_RP_web.jpg Galleries - Tallulah, 34, Oakland, CA The purse was a gift from my father to my mother. It belongs to my sister now, but I am keeping it safe for her. These perfume bottles belonged to my paternal grandmother. She had dozens of simple perfume bottles in her medicine cabinet. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f84b6363a245ea22ffc9/1619583135862/Objects_elizabeth_parkinglot_web.jpg Galleries - Elizabeth, 42, Oakland, CA Black and white blurry image of a fetus with all four edges folded inward. There is some white on black writing on the top and right side. this is a sonogram of my child when he was growing inside me https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f84b6363a245ea22ffcc/1619583426140/Objects_Jacket_parkinglot_web.jpg Galleries - Rachel, 30, San Francisco, CA A purplish grey, well-worn zippered jacket with it’s label cut out, a bleach stain near the top of the zipper, a tattered collar and worn spots on the left shoulder. I wear it most days! So it has taken on the crook of my arms and shape of my body. Nondescript - I like to disappear and this helps. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f851c3cf443ddb9a48cf/1619583599236/objects_parkinglot_blackandsilverring_web.jpg Galleries - no information, san francisco, ca A simple, silver-toned ring with chamfered square black stone. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f852407672079da043a8/1619570663145/objects_parkinglot_claspbracelet_web.jpg Galleries Looking down on a thin silver-tone bracelet. It hooks closed with bent ends finished with silver-tone balls. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f855d6263d0116666107/1619583815065/objects_parkinglot_goldnecklace_web.jpg Galleries Gold tone necklace with it’s chain piled together and a pendant resembling the shape of a popsicle stick. The top part of the pendant is white and the bottom half is a long gold-tone open U shape. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f854556eec636bb2f940/1619571039017/objects_parkinglot_fortune_web.jpg Galleries - Tim, 52, Petaluma, CA On the left, a white strip of paper with bent corners at the top featuring two dragons facing off at the top and lines of Asian script running down the paper. On the right, two fortunes one above the other. The top says, “You will discover the truth in time” and the bottom says, “Your talents will be recognized and rewarded”. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f857556eec636bb2f99c/1619584004336/objects_parkinglot_keychain_web.jpg Galleries - Jana, 39, San Francisco, CA Set horizontally is a set of keys, three brass-tone and the bottom silver, with a white key fob that says, “Damn I’m good” in capital letters. This was a gift from my mom when I was 19, it was hers when she was 19. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f85b59622a32ba66d142/1619571404749/objects_parkinglot_maggie_web.jpg Galleries - Maggie, 35, San Francisco, CA A light brown stone ring deeply carved to reveal the name, “Maggie” in in tall capital letters. It's my name. I wear this ring every day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f85bd6263d0116666248/1619571543284/objects_parkinglot_momphoto_web.jpg Galleries An unframed portrait of a a woman with mussed auburn hair draped over her left shoulder and wearing a white top. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f85d00e1e25e9d2a4a63/1619584374901/objects_parkinglot_prayerbeads_web.jpg Galleries Doubled over and laid out in a loose figure eight, a amethyst purple beaded mala with pale green accent beads and a coral pink tassel. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8616363a245ea23031d/1619584629051/objects_parkinglot_unclenotebook_web.jpg Galleries - Colter, 40, San Francisco, CA A black and white speckled composition style notebook with a photograph attached to the cover: The very faded photograph shows a man astride a pretend tiger in front of a light blue background. This is a small notebook my Uncle Steve Sent me. He is the king of snail mail and has sent me a letter or package nearly every week. The package is heavily decorated. He put a photo of himself on the cover. Dressed like a tiger sitting atop a tiger. He's given me tiger things since I was a baby. I use the notebook to write down random things I come upon, like “within an hour a downpour.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f861e123b70edd721e46/1619584752665/objects_parkinglot_scarf_web.jpg Galleries - M, San Francisco, CA Strips of reclaimed grey wool sewn together. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f86c80d5f70f5dd9cf96/1619584804240/parkinglot_scorpionecklace_web.jpg Galleries - Vitel, 17, Kentfield, CA A gold-tone scorpion pendant with a light blue stone as it’s body attached to a silver-tone chain which is piled off to it’s left. This is a pendant of a scorpio which is my zodiac sign. It has a large lace agate stone in the middle which is supposed to help me control my emotions. Im an extremely emotional person so sometimes it just reminds me that maybe things aren't as intense as I may think. I got it in Moscow. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f86b59622a32ba66d348/1619585270142/objects_tyler_parkinglot_web.jpg Galleries - Tyler, 17, El Cerrito, CA A faded yellow ticket stub with white script reading “Realto Cinema” and barely legible information printed in black including, “Men: Days of ”, “May 23”, “Be Scene” and a giant “1”. I put the ticket into my phone case after seeing the movie and the longer it was there the more I became attached to it. In 2014 I started seeing a lot of movies in the theater after I decided I wanted to be an actress. This was in May, so it was relatively recent to me and now it represents my love of movies and movie theaters. The movie its self is not that important, but the ticket has become significant because it has been with me for so long. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f871d6263d01166664bd/1619585503693/parkinglot_watch_web.jpg Galleries Photographed vertically looking down, a white faced analog watch with lines representing the numbers in silver casing on a black leather looking band with a silver buckle. The time is 12:36. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f86ed6263d01166663f2/1619585644264/parkinglot_wallet_web.jpg Galleries - Gaurav, 36, San Francisco, CA A tattered brown leather bifold wallet with light colored cracks across it on a diagonal. There are threads from its seams hanging off of it and an impression of the cards inside can be seen. This wallet was a gift from my aunt and uncle. Its a European size billfold that was most likely a re-gift and my mom hates it, but I cannot bring myself to get rid of it. Because it still works great. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8e93bc202545ddebb7d/1619573184844/dani_Oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Danielle, 21, Elliot City, MD On the left, an elliptical red edged broach above a silver-toned ring. At the center, a silver-toned plastic fork with a flared handle. And at the right, a black and white photo of two girls in dresses witha piece of masking tape stuck to the top center. Photo- I originally printed out this photo of my twin sister and I at our kindergarten graduation for a photo transfer. I didn't use it, and have kept this version taped above desks I've had. Brooch- This belonged to my grandmother. I never saw her wear this one. Ring- I got this with my cousin in downtown Old Elliot City when I was in high school. It is not precious , although I am not sure what stone it is exactly. I've been wearing it on my left middle finger for several years now to remember her by. She passed away. Plastic Fork - I just got this a few weeks ago at the strange catered luncheon at the funeral home where my grandmother's service was. My grandmother who was with me loved that I was so tickled by them that she snuck a bunch into her purse for me. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8e9407672079da05542/1619573337528/Amy_Oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Amy, 30, Los Angeles, CA The side view of a light brown ceramic turtle. There are two holes in its shell and an opening in the tail. This is an old ceramic hand flute that I grew up with . It lived above the sink and I would stare at it while I did the dishes. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8ee6363a245ea2313f4/1619573620184/Isa_Oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Isa, 22, Los Angeles, CA A five tube / note wind chime laid out to revel the bright red and blue underside of the hanger, a string of colorful beads, hot pink round clapper and light brown rectangular wind catcher. These wind chimes were sent to me when I was 17 by a friend named Domonique that I met while I was at the Oxbow School. Domonique was a painter- hugely full of life, She was an incredible & visionary painter. She contracted a brain infection after Oxbow and passed away after months o the doctors being unable to identify it. These chimes are the only think I have of hers. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8ed80d5f70f5dd9dea1/1619574056363/haley_oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Haley, 25, Albuquerque, NM On the left, a brown canvas pack with it’s flap bucked over a rolled up whote blanket. To the right is a rectangular silver ring inset with a a light turquoise oblong stone surrounded by smaller turquoise stones. And to the right of that is a brown sharp, curved tooth inset with a round turquoise stone and strung onto a brown cord. Ring- Grandmother's Ring that she stole from my dad and wore every day until she died. Necklace- A necklace my dad wore while I was growing up Backpack- my favorite thing to travel with and a blanket made by a friend. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8f3c3cf443ddb9a5bee/1619574368712/maddie_oxbow_web.jpg Galleries A brightly colored, neon notebook stands on its end slightly open to reveal the edges of some pages. The cover is centered by a hot pink alien head with long, slanted green eyes. The alien is surrounded by a bright yellow and green aura while triangular spikes of hot and light pink aim toward the center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8f43bc202545ddebc82/1578590124465/objects_flora_oxbow_small.jpg Galleries - Flora, Redding, PA No information https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8f93bc202545ddebd25/1619574717013/Rachelle_Oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Rachelle, 30, San Francisco, CA The photo looks down at a small red tray edged with a gold tone square spiral key pattern. A stylized square flower decorates the center. Four white circles, each featuring a different Asian scripted character, surround it. This is one of the few objects I have of my grandmother. She was a large part of my life, more like a mother than a grandmother. She took care of my sisters and I for many years when my mother wasn't able. I take it with my when I travel to store any precious small objects. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cfb13490b533c00011bdc7f/5d8d4d96fa6e9d330fc20cf3/5d94f8fc80d5f70f5dd9dfdf/1619574980263/sara_oxbow_web.jpg Galleries - Sara, 25, Los Angeles, CA The photograph looks down on an open rectangular tin revealing a selection of brightly colored stickers. The inside of the tin’s lid depicts a chart of jelly bean flavors. To the right there is a tiny stuffed unicorn with it’s horn tweaked at the end. Everyone needs a portable pack of stickers! (By everyone I mean myself... and everyone). 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