An excellent way of handling the posters-in-shared spaces problem, JR, and your use of foreplay was well done (always effective when dealing in touchy situations with the fairer sex...). Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greg,
I would suggest that the proper answer to this eternal spousal question is: "Why honey, naturally I would save you first -- I'd need someone to help me carry all of the posters out to safety!"
But I can't complain. I've had a pleasant reverse-experience with my wife. At first she was against the idea of letting my posters out of the Library (which doubles as my office). We have a lot of more standard "art prints" on the walls and a decor of her choosing that leans toward old-world antiquish. She just didn't think they would fit it -- and it was hard to argue with her.
But I acquired a couple of really nice, atmospheric portrait-type posters featuring female stars from the '40s.. y'know, some noir and mystery and romance titles... framed them and then showed them to her. She couldn't help liking them. She agreed to allow a couple out into the rest of the house on a probationary basis... just temporarily, you understand...
With that foot in the door, it was only a matter of time. I slowly exposed her to a wider range of movie posters and now we have quite a few of them around the house in all the rooms, mixed in happily with the art prints. I like to swap out a framed poster with a different one once a month or so, and now I will often elicit moans of protest when she comes home... things like "Hey, what happened to that poster in the hall? I really liked that one..." or "...Ooooh... that one's pretty! When did you get that?"
Of course, I try to see to it that we, um, rarely discuss price... I ain't crazy.
-- JR
----- Original Message ----- *From:* Greg Douglass <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, March 07, 2005 11:47 *Subject:* [MOPO] Posters, Chi, Marriage and Wall Space
I've been reading and commiserating with my MOPO brethren about the lack of available wall space to display one's treasures. My wife is tolerant of my collecting...she certainly doesn't oppose it, as none of our "house" money goes into the hobby...and quite a few posters were displayed around the house, much to my delight. (The more horrific material was hung in my office and at my teaching studios. The "living room" posters included stuff like GILDA and a one sheet from the 1925 version of SHE, among many, many others.) Then, about three years ago, I played a benefit concert that included some auctions. I bid on and won for my wife a feng shui consultation for our home. The feng shui consultant arrived at the house and was just horrifed at all the stuff on the wall. "All that clutter is bad for the chi", she wailed. "Take it down!" Well...the house was hit by a feng shui tsunami. Everything got changed, and I ended up with a pile of framed posters sitting in my office and nowhere to put them. No posters allowed in the bedroom. (Oh, the humanity!) We have since done some compromising, and there are indeed a few more pieces on the living room wall, but I think I simply need to start making a LOT more money and get a much bigger house with more wall space. (Anybody have any ideas?) A more practical solution re/display has been the acquisition of more inserts. I've been snagging a lot of 50s AIP inserts and I'm able to fit a lot more of them on my office walls. I actually like the format, and I can display lots of the original horror/sci fi double bills from the Fifties side-by-side easily. The chi in my office is disastrous, of course, but I'll learn to cope. Greg Douglass PS-My wife and I are about to celebrate 10 very happy years of marriage, by the way, even after she asked me one day, "If the house were burning down, would you save me or your posters?" There was a very long silence from me. "Well, at least you're honest", she said.
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