For example:
Recently I discarded all of the Harry Potter movies that I’ve had in my collection. I had the mainline ones and two of the three Fantastic Beasts films. But, as much as I have liked the visual representation of what the films projected, I didn’t feel that they were faithful adaptations. Because they changed too much for my liking.
Instead, I prefer the books because they do have better character representation than the uneven scaling of how the characters are in the movies. That’s what I found important than anything else between book and film. If anyone were to ask me as to what exactly is the best way to get into Harry Potter, I would say the books, because they’re going to get mislead by what the movies project. Is it the best optimal experience of the universe established.
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I’m not sure your example is really about curating. It sounds like you’re most concerned with whether something is a faithful adaptation, which effectively means you want to collect the original version and whatever matches it.
As for how I curate things, I mostly don’t… the closest I get is building a collection based on “what do I like/find most impactful”. Or I guess sometimes I simply discard things I’m not using. I suppose I “curated” my bookshelf by adding books I like, giving away a few that I didn’t like or thought someone else needed more, and organizing the books in a way that only makes sense to me. Which is to say, I didn’t curate it at all. True curation would probably look more like a Goodreads account with notes about why I liked the books I gave 5 stars.
edit: my understanding of real curation is that it involves placing art in context. You present it in a way that is informative and maybe inspiring. Part of it is about choosing what to include/not include in a collection/display, yes, but a lot of it is about conveying what the art is about, using the art to tell a story or peek into how a historical trend developed, etc. Choosing what to keep is only a small part of it.
I’m not sure what your question is, I think this is a rant in disguise
In general, if I don’t feel like dusting it, it goes to a thrift shop. That same sense of “don’t wanna” also works with digital items 💜 I also used to use Pinterest to organize my aesthetics, but I hear it’s been overrun by slop. Now I just have tons of bookmarks organized in folders.
I don’t curate anything.
I always have plans to curate, organize, display, etc…
Never happens.
chaos is beautiful.
For my retro game collection I try and find games that are known to be the best from that console and then find the hidden gems. I don’t try and just download every game on a system just to have them.