fdelano Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 A Life Ends Everyday Things change. The words you and I said so long ago no longer have that sweet meaning. They have faded like untreated paper, acids slowly eating away the fiber. Time erodes memories and feelings that can never be recaptured, no matter their importance and heart-rending emotions permeating our beings, binding us both mentally and especially physically in our hunger. He who wrote "You Cannot Go Home Again" knew the multiple meanings that his words encapsulated. Even the ‘home,’ faces the ravages of time that make us into different people. People with memories and affections still, but distorted into spoiled realities. We cannot bring back the wondrous days of close times in the sun, the sly touching that never failed to bring us to oneness and singularity of thoughts and emotions. Those times are still in memory, but are no longer accessible through the fog of life. And so it goes. (Apologies to Kurt Vonnegut.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 acids slowly eating away the fiber. Now THAT is imagery, fairly powerful, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatekeeper Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 A memory becomes plastic every time it is recalled. Only the most vivid survive intact. Quote from the black desert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Hi Paco, fascinating analysis. Count me among the fans of the image-become-symbol in the degrading page of memory. - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Read this several times..excellent food for thought: particularly, "Even the ‘home,’ faces the ravages of time that make us into different people." it drew me to consider "The Seven Ages Of Man" G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdelano Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Thanks to all who found something of value in my rambling thoughts. Geoff, I think I've been in Shakespeare's seventh stage of second childhood for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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