What did you do with all the trash, opps, I mean containers Gerry?
Susan S

I started this project in early 1987 shortly after the December, 1986
so-called settlement with my former cult, thinking then that I had the
time, space, locational stability and peace to undertake such a
project.

I call it my Consumed Consumables Container Collection (R), and the
final product a "Consumer's Mandala."(R) Americans are known
everywhere as notorious consumers, and this project contains an
underlying message of consummate consumerism.

So, within reason and reasonable logistics, every bottle, box,
wrapper, tube, bag, dispenser, can and carton of whatever I have
consumed, and some of the cups, utensils and other stuff related to my
almost all-consuming consumption, I have saved and stored. I clean
each object, as Tilman notes; then I sign it, which takes a little
time because my signature takes a little time, and I usually date it
and indicate where and the commensals with whom its contents were
consumed.

I have something over 400 boxes of this stuff, all clean and carefully
packed, and I have acquired a commensurate appreciation for the art
and technology of the packaging industry. I believe that the various
companies represented in the collection, which probably favors
breweries and bread makers more than confectioners and caviar canners,
may want to participate in the project to promote their products.
Written by Gerry Armstrong on this Newsgroup