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of and link back to intense personal experience. To be suddenly reminded of an old<br />

toy, or to discover one that has long been lost, frequently triggers a cascade of<br />

forgotten or inaccessible memories…. As companions on the emotional voyage<br />

from childhood to adulthood… [they] have for their owners an emotional value. 79<br />

As a doll collector myself, I believe that the emotional relationship between<br />

owner and toy is magnified in the case of owner and doll, particularly when<br />

one considers the natural bond between “like” things. In any case, Phoenix<br />

states that the collection itself intensifies this connection:<br />

Figure 74: Kathryn Hardy Bernal<br />

My Japanese Gothic & <strong>Lolita</strong> Pullip, Namu and Taeyang Dolls, 2007 *<br />

* This is only a small section of the many dolls that I own, which includes more of the type shown.<br />

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