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Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

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Sloane Crosley
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 3
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Objects
Chasers
Emotion
Rendered
History
Aesthetics
Culture
Vintage
Heart
Nostalgia
People
Unable
Obsession
Separate
Chaser

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