Corpse of Freedom was mentioned in The Arizona Repblic today. Here is the article from their online source AZCentral.com:
Glendale man auctions off all his personal belongings
by Jeffrey Javier - Jul. 9, 2008 08:03 AM
The Arizona Republic
CD: $20.31.
Letter from Mom dated January, 1997: $0.99.
1996 sophomore yearbook: $5.12. ..
The first 26 years of a man's life: Not so priceless.
Glendale resident Lloyd Garner, 26, auctioned everything he's ever owned for $3,683.93.
Everything from ex-girlfriends' love letters to his Arizona State University graduation photos, Garner sold it all.
"I had the idea to just get rid of everything and it made me feel intense and excited," Garner said. "I knew I had to do it because it's the kind of guy I am."
For a year, Garner auctioned all of his belongings on eBay to anyone who would offer him anything.
Garner said his project was an exercise in removing all the excess from his life and turning his things into something he could use for his future.
"I wanted to liquidate everything into something I could use and turn it into energy," Garner said. "Energy that I can use to be in a more agile form."
In all, Garner sold nearly 1,000 personal items. He set aside 200 of them as "exquisite items" such as his college diploma, family photo albums and personal letters.
"I wanted to be freed up from all this junk that was keeping me comfortable," he said. "I had things given to me that were an illusion of accomplishing something special, and all that added up together into something that no one else cared about."
Garner said what he did could be made into a statement against materialism, but his project was about changing his perspective on life.
"Everyone has those personal things that reminded them of bad times, good times or whatever," he said. "I felt that something about that was holding me back."
Garner said he kept practical items, a few T-shirts, two suits, things he needs to live.
"I am not against having things, but a diet of keeping the things you need to live is important," Garner said.
He said he is not sure what he will do next but he will continue promoting his book Corpse of Freedom, and maybe go to wrestling school.
"I now have a responsibility to make something of myself. I feel the people who bought my things have invested in me," Garner said.
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Jeffrey Javier/The Arizona Republic Lloyd Garner, 26, of Glendale poses with his corpse mannequin, one of the few items he has left after auctioning off all his personal possessions.