Mack sez: Heavy Little Objects, " is reallly an excuse to turn out my junk drawers and re-examine all the weird, small things that I've collected since I was, like 12, and turn them into a full-blown, daily ritual." Mack's objects comprise a true catalog of pop culture oddities, and his descriptions of the objects should be preserved for a museum 100 years from now. Link
Cataloging his junk drawers, one item at a time
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