I have always loved to collect interesting things. When I was eight years old I got my first sliding glass curio that I filled with childhood treasures of small polished stones, seashells, small fossils, coins, stamps and war memorabilia my Grandfather gave me along with long exciting stories! I carefully arranged each item; I was a child curator of a fantastic museum of wonder. As I got older I decided I wanted to return to that childhood of amazement and wonder and never leave again. I have an insatiable appetite for items that give me back that wonder and awe.
I especially like the strange and unusual. It is an amazing world we live in; the imagination sometimes seems tame compared to the real universe around us. I am also very excited about rare antiquities and historic collectibles. Reading about and contemplating history is one thing, but holding a piece of it in your hand makes you realize just how close to those histories we are in our 'modern' times.
I also like to collect fossils, minerals and other natural treasures from the Earth. These items often have such deep-rooted ties to our origins and most sacred questions. I love to discover the patterns that seem to manifest themselves over and over again. These patterns exist intertwined within nature and man bridging the gap between the enigma of self and universe. You see them in spiraling galaxies and the Mandelbrot fractal of fossilized Ammonoidea; growing from the unknown to atoms to molecules to solar systems to galaxies to the paradoxical expanses of the universe with origins and destinations unknown; just like us in birth and death. The similarities of tree branches, rivers and blood veins. The power of cellular division and nuclear fission, the patterns of finger prints like endoplasmic reticulum, or a black opal's play of fire like the nebula of supernova. Moon shots are like protoplasmic lurches, while simple thoughts and observations of the nature around us take us beyond the unknown. The clues to the great mystery are all around us and deep within us.
Bryant McGill
