Episode 56: What do we do with all of this STUFF? with Joe Berton

Death comes to us all, as the saying goes, and while your hosts
aren’t feeling particularly morbid at the moment, we certainly
look around from time to time at all of the tools and paints and
supplies on our workbenches; the closets and shelves full of
un-built kits; the stacks (and stacks and stacks) of books; our
displays of the figures, vignettes, and dioramas we’ve built and
collected from friends and artists we admire, and the odd piece
of militaria we’ve acquired and think, “Who’s going to take care
of all of this STUFF when we’re gone?”


And we bet you’ve asked this question, too.


As a maker and as a collector, our pal and repeat Small Subjects
guest Joe Berton certainly has. What’s more, he has helped clear
out the collections of quite a few of those we’ve lost who shared
our passions—including some pretty epic ones. In this episode, we
asked him to help us think about preparing for the inevitable, in
part because we don’t know anyone who’s more expert in this
regard, but also because, Joe being Joe, he brings plenty of
laughs and quite a few memorable anecdotes to what could have
been a somewhat dark discussion (but isn’t, we promise!).

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