//Our record collections, whether in the form of CDs, LPs, or Spotify playlists, provide a sonic and visual mosaic that constitutes our sense of self. As we flip or swipe through these collections, our aesthetic reactions to the sights and sounds tell us who we are, who we were, and who we aspire to become.//

//During the 20th century, the music recording industry began to shape the ways we received our music. The musical sounds they captured and distributed on records were separated from their original visible sources. By the 1940s, the new marketing concept of album art began to fill the visual sensory void, (re)connecting the recorded sounds to imagery through their packaging.//