Artist David Capra interviewed in Blanket Magazine's collection issue:

"A lot of my work is a result of collecting... I prefer to work this way as I can put down various unrelated things together on the one page and watch them create a dialogue between one another... Since an early age I have collected various things, like a strange coping mechanism, it gives me a sense of accomplishment when I look at what I have gathered together and life then feels more manageable."

collecting ideas on collecting

Blogging:
What are these sort of websites, really, but a modern form of collection? The ideas of others are gathered into a cohesive stream (linear, chronologically arranged) and shared expressively. Essentially, a lovely contemporary evolution of the humble scrapbook.

I've been thinking recently about the process of collaging being another form of collecting (ie gathering and arranging 2D imagery on a page) - it's a form which illicits a more specific narrative. This is a nice example of that.