It is these ideas of children's treasured objects and memory that inspired a project I am working on as part of React Play Sandbox in collaboration with award-winning designer and inventor Chloe Meineck.
In the first video, Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd unearths treasures including the record that inspired the British band to explore a progressive sound.
Looking out on the Firth of Forth, the great estuary, you see Fidra, the isle and lighthouse that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson, a frequent visitor here, to write Treasure Island, and the Bass Rock, a great stone bulging out of the water that could have inspired M.C.
"Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842" showcases not only argent treasures but also rare working drawings, die blocks, and examples of French, English, and classical metalwork that inspired the pair.
In Kiswahili-speaking countries, ugali is a national treasure, a dish that inspires metaphor, poetry and proverbs: My favourite is "Kupyanja iti kulumanga" - to dip ugali in a little gravy is better than to be completely without gravy.
These are the clothes that inspired Mr. Treacy to relive his own emotions about Michael Jackson's life and music — and to present them to the world not as a static wardrobe but as vibrant artistic treasures.
But behind the energetic self-publicizing that inspired reporters to compare him to everyone from Jay Gatsby to Julius Caesar was a man who prized comfort and coveted art treasures of the sentimental academic kind.
Since 1906, 16 presidents from both political parties have used their authority under the Antiquities Act to designate more than 130 national monuments on public lands that keep our country's history alive and secure lasting protection for natural treasures that have inspired millions of Americans.
