At the end of the day, we all try to find small treasures for ourselves. Some such treasures are crazy. Others are less crazy. Some stand out from the crowd. Others are ordinary. Some treasures start blowing way out of proportion, while others never seem big enough. In conquering and taming our immediate surroundings, we are given the illusion of mastering it. We create an environment that reflects us as individuals, and give us little moments of joy.

The act of collecting the strange and different has the effect of shrinking the big, wide world into our homes. We choose to what degree we let the rest of the world in. In this process of delimiting and selecting, our longing for uniqueness and meaning is revealed. The deeper we dive into our treasures, the more we actually are looking for ourselves.