Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting Oct 2023 Although from beginning has a

Although from beginning has a golden luster

tilting at windmills

through their conversations

From France to India

Light Blue and Orange

Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting Oct 2023 Although from beginning has aWhy do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire or even a kind of madness? In this mosaic of fiction, philosophy, sociology, biography and autobiography, virtuoso thinker Robert Irwin takes us on a wayward journey through the art of collecting, and his own intellectual passions. Drawing on the works of writers including Susan Sontag, Walter Benjamin, Iris Murdoch and Georges Perec, as well as a host of lesser known