''Initially Collections are only the result of an AccumulationProcess - ButUnless - They may lead to becoming an SingleArtifact - '' ThinkingOutLoud.DonaldNoyes.20141031 0800 ---- Some people are collection animals - gathering a bunch of stuff and putting in a container or two or many, for FuturePurposes While Collections may appear to be only a StackOfStuff, each collection is in a sense the stuff for making of single things. * WeNeedExamples ** A '''book''' is a collection (a stack) of pages ** A '''painting''' is an assembly of colored pigments ** A '''drawing''' is a positioning of symbolic elements ** and some more of TheOtherThings Some things which are a StackOfStuff lend themselves to assembly or forming processes into artifacts because they are already organized when piled up. Other stacks are ConfusedTangledAndUseless, ButUnless, they may become orderly by a process of organization and filtering, where stuff is taken from the pile and sorted into two piles: * One - OrganizedOnPurpose * Two - Things remaining ConfusedTangledAndUseless ---- CategoryOrganization