So, as is typical with any activity that falls under hobby, as opposed to eg. household chores. I did find myself doing the “what are my justifications for this hobby?” styled thought processes. One such answer was the amount I was able to save, and show to other smokers. IE. I had become so used to simply including smoking in my cost of living & household budget, that even when I did look for ways & means of reducing said budget, smoking was getting priority over other miscellaneous activities I could have been doing.
I said I would try to take some better images of the Leonardo da Vinci Diversity set of coins, it appears I shall have to research & carry out some image filtering, or take them out of the glass frame, as the glass only seems to want to reflect. I put the Frame up on a wall & still reflections.
So what other reasons, did I utilise as justification for coin collecting. Well I had of course been doing the monitoring of the passage of time, and talking about realms rather a lot, so I thought well each coin is related to the point in time in which it is released, and also possibly linked to some ongoing activity or interest that I have. The human brain is oft said to be a goal seeking mechanism, and you are also suggested to get more of what you focus on.
Many a popular strategy amongst eg. The wellness community might be to saturate & surround yourself in positive, uplifting rewarding messages. Of course many people who have become influencers have taken to doing these things online in places such-as instagram, with a constant stream of photo’s of themselves living the best life.
So it did not matter what the coin was, it was a point in time, and perhaps the reason for owning a coin would become apparent in the fullness of time. I did first get a regular 50p of the Sherlock Holmes coin, Although many coins enter circulation, it is possible to never ever see them due to the numbers issued. We think 1 or 5 or 10 million coins released is a lot, though from the perspective of a population of 67 million people, each capable of having multiple coins in a wallet or purse, unless you are specifically looking for such things, most coin releases can go unnoticed in day to day life. The Sherlock coin features the names of all the Original Stories.
Another Sleuth coin? Well Agatha Christie was responsible for creating a number of famed Sleuth’s and story’s around their activities, whether Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, or the West End play The Mousetrap. This coin featured images of a range of possible murder weapons. I actually found it quite interesting deciding how to craft the images, being something of a novice when it comes to photography.
I did of course venture out into collecting other coins, all with some justification, known only to myself at the time of purchase. This Greek Mythology coin came complete with a real maze game built into it. A game of the sort that I can remember having played with when much younger. The brain itself often said to be something of a maze mystery, that science is gradually learning to unravel.
Then of course their has been my encouragement toward participating in Sports, or indeed being within a Sporting fandom, whereby most Sporting Realms have their own Calendars. This coin a reminder to keep on eye on such things.
We are of course in a year where these Sports are coming to prominence with a Summer Olympics in Paris.
What is interesting is of course, how many coins utilise the usual alphanumerical symbols we grow up & learn from a young age, though also how many contain visual symbology, again something that is all around us, though potentially has less attention paid to it. We must of course have internal translation capabilities between formats, and our other sensory experience and interpretations capabilities, and as said in an earlier posting, many of our filters are potentially not working to their true capabilities.
Thank you for reading, God Bless and Be Well!