When I recently had to re-arrange my vinyl records, I once again noticed (as I had kind of forgotten about it) that my own copies of SOPOR's last few albums have completely random numbers.

When I say "random" numbers, I mean ... in the past, whenever I had to

sign

,

number

and

package

an entire shipment of vinyl records (for example), I would often put aside a copy for myself that had a "special" number. Usually either

1

,

2

or

11

. Something cute, whatever I felt like that day.
 
It's only when the final assembling of a release had/has to be completed somewhere else - for entirely logistical/practical reasons -, the complimentary copies that would be sent back to me have whatever random numbers the person in charge of shipping would package for me.
 

I am fine with it, but this brings me to the point of this silly blog entry...

Why are smaller numbers usually perceived to be "better" than higher numbers,
when, in fact,

they are really all the same

?!

I mean, it's not like you are waiting in line for something...

(Scene from the movie "Beetlejuice", 1988)

And yet ... if I had two (otherwise identical) copies of a limited edition item ... one numbered

#25

, the other numbered

#187

...  and I had to give away

one

of them ...  - then I would probably

keep #25

.

Speaking for myself, when I have to individually hand-number SOPOR records, then each single record receives the

exact

same

attention and care

. There is no difference. They are all the same before me. They all go through my hands, and they are all treated with the same love and respect.

-- Granted, I do like to write some numbers better than others, but only because I find the number 77 much easier to write than the number 688 (for example). Just like I find some combination of letters (yes,

names

... when it comes to dedicating stuff) easier to write than others, and as a consequence I might get frustrated or sad, when the result does not look as pretty as I would like it to look. --

But that's it.

So, in this regard,

ALL

numbers have the exact

same

"value".

A smaller number is in no way "closer" to some imaginary "source" than a larger number.

Why ???

Honestly ... I think ... the answer is simply this:

stupidity

.
 

A smaller number is just "easier to understand" for the human (my) brain than a larger number and therefore "feels better".

That's probably all it really is.