Do you ever think about how many of the items now considered priceless artifacts were once commonplace items? The coins we now marvel at from behind the glass at a museum were once tossed around, stepped on, and traded around. The pottery painstakingly pieced back together was somebody’s favorite wine jug. The decorative pin now rusted and bent once held together the shoulder of someone’s chiton. History is simply a trail of ordinary people going about their day, and I think there’s an odd sort of beauty in that.
and also, alternatively, how many of the commonplace items today will become priceless artifacts in a museum one day ー the toaster that makes your breakfast, the thumbtack that holds your favourite art on the board, the cord that charges your phone. it could be absolutely anything and that's fascinating and overwhelming and beautiful all at the same time
And also think about important things that are now burred in abandoned, hidden places or beneath the ground and will never be found, or even if they are, maybe noone will know about their importance
