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Throughout history, we have attributed worth and sentiment to inanimate objects

Things that when looked at out of context or without the language to understand their worth would otherwise appear completely

insignificant

At one end of the scale it may be something as small as a trinket a

Memento of a happier time or something to remind you of somebody you love

At the other end it may be an idol that for some might represent the material embodiment of nothing less than a god

But to another might seem nothing more than a strange-looking doll

It is a trait we develop from an early age as explored by celebrated psychoanalyst Donald Winnacott

During his early work as a pediatrician Winnacott became fascinated with the various blankets and toys that children

Mainly aged four to 12 months would bring to his consultations

What he discovered was that these items rather than being mere distractions or comfort aids were actually serving a far greater purpose

The objects in fact provided a bridge between the inner world of the child and the external outside world

Thus beginning the transition of separation from the mother in order to develop its own identity

In other words even at that early stage we are already imbuing physical things with our own unique sense of meaning

The branch of philosophy known as phenomenology as explored by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger

Posits that all reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in the human consciousness

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