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Your house is burning. You have to get out fast. Suddenly you are forced to prioritize, editing down a lifetime of possessions to a mere handful. Now you must decide: Of all the things you own, what is most important to you?
The practical? Your laptop, your smartphone, what you need to keep working and stayin touch?
The valuable? Your money, your jewelry, the limited edition signed poster in the living room?
The sentimental? The watch your late grandfather gave you, the diary you kept as a teenager?
What you choose to bring with you speaks volumes about who you are and what you believe in—your interests, your background, your view of life.
With contributions from all over the world, The Burning House is an eye-opening pictorial meditation on materialism; an in-depth, intensely personal interview contained in a single question; a revealing window into the human heart.
So really, what WOULD you take if you had to escape a burning house?
This wonderful book contains lists of what people from around the world
said would be top on their list; a photograph of the items accompanies
each list. While many of the participants seemed to lean toward the
artistic side (hence "cameras and accessories" was the top
category of items listed), some of the more memorable were from the
younger and older ends of life's spectrum. From a 10-year-old girl
describing her hair brush: "I literally bring that brush with me
everywhere. It's sort of like a good-luck charm" to wisdom from a
70-year-old: "letters and ojects from a person very dear to
me," the lists are interesting and will probably make every reader
pause to wonder what those items are that should be in a suitcase near
the door. Two other favorites: "Bottle of gin to reassure me
during the fire. The same goes for a box of cigarettes and
matches." and "A book of a hundred handwritten things my wife
likes about me." A great conversation starter and yes, I'm
revisiting my own list.
Overview
Your house is burning. You have to get out fast. Suddenly you are forced to prioritize, editing down a lifetime of possessions to a mere handful. Now you must decide: Of all the things you own, what is most important to you?
The practical? Your laptop, your smartphone, what you need to keep working and stayin touch?
The valuable? Your money, your jewelry, the limited edition ...