The other day I tossed eight years worth of my used prescription medicine bottles (and five years worth of empty inhalers) into the recycling. I’d been clearing out my closet for an upcoming move and finally concluded I would never make the art projects I’d always imagined I would with this material. So I took these photos and officially terminated the collection.

And a good thing. Because I did some googling after the fact and found better examples of the work I’d always envisioned: a tower of drugs by Roxy Paine, and pill bottle chandeliers by Jean Shin. So good riddance, empty medicine bottles. You weren’t terribly original to begin with.