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Nostalgic and kind of sad in it's way. Very evocative piece snorple. Lately I find myself in the same mood your poem describes so artfully. 
I prefer to keep an open mind,....but not so much that my brains fall out.- Carl Sagan
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Cyan
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Re: Time Brought Memories
I cannot disagree with your analysis.. though it should not just be in our prime that we live in the moment. Memories can be good, but they are false and there is nothing truer than now.
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Cyan
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I am not here to engage with pride and anger in argument.. nor throw around blackend words at fellows such as asinine. Nor am I here to assume so much of someone from such a brief statement such as my own.
I present knowledge and wisdom much older than you or I; that is all and that is enough.
Memories are poignant, powerful, and easy to long-for. It is amazing how much we remember. But only because of how much we forget. Details become lost or shifted. We cling to things we hold as absolute truths, but the cells that held that memory died within twenty four hours of storing it. Sure, what we prioritized is passed on, but not in whole.
Are words recorded at the moment of feeling not closer to what one has felt? Do they not detail, if not smoothly, more realistically what we have been part of?
When one is absorbed in a memory one ceases to be totally aware of the world around them. If only for a short time one fails to see the simple beauty in every-day things.
When one longs for other things, one cannot fully enjoy what they have.
I present knowledge and wisdom much older than you or I; that is all and that is enough.
Memories are poignant, powerful, and easy to long-for. It is amazing how much we remember. But only because of how much we forget. Details become lost or shifted. We cling to things we hold as absolute truths, but the cells that held that memory died within twenty four hours of storing it. Sure, what we prioritized is passed on, but not in whole.
Are words recorded at the moment of feeling not closer to what one has felt? Do they not detail, if not smoothly, more realistically what we have been part of?
When one is absorbed in a memory one ceases to be totally aware of the world around them. If only for a short time one fails to see the simple beauty in every-day things.
When one longs for other things, one cannot fully enjoy what they have.
"in the bright light of day and even in the happiest moments of our waking spirit we are ordered around a little by the habits of our dreams."
- Nietzsche
- Nietzsche
Re: Time Brought Memories
Cyan, I've thought about this
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heinzs
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Re: Time Brought Memories
Actually Cyan is wrong in stating that brain cells die within 24 hours of storing a memory. In fact, our brain cells are as old as we are and are incapable of reproduction... only regeneration. When part of the brain is injured, say in a stroke, pathways have to be built around the damaged structure. That's why there is so much interest in stem cells... only they could technically become new, younger brain cells.
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jeannerené
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Re: Time Brought Memories
snorple,
Quite a touching and tender poem...
.jeanne
Quite a touching and tender poem...
.jeanne
... and his words purge up and outward,
expelled and onward through desert dust swallowed,
sands he says that gorge on simple sensibilities.
And, now he spits fragments, grit, extended vowels and elongated syllables
over cracked lips. Their sounds fall
piling round his boots… ~ jeannerené
~breathe~
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expelled and onward through desert dust swallowed,
sands he says that gorge on simple sensibilities.
And, now he spits fragments, grit, extended vowels and elongated syllables
over cracked lips. Their sounds fall
piling round his boots… ~ jeannerené
~breathe~
flickr -jeannerene photostream
Re: Time Brought Memories
Thanks
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Cyan
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Re: Time Brought Memories
i've been gone awhile...
Thank you for your reply snorple.. I really enjoyed reading your worldview and stories; I certainly cannot disagree.
and heinz; I don't believe either of us are wrong in this.. just that we are talking about 2 diffrent things.
Thank you for your reply snorple.. I really enjoyed reading your worldview and stories; I certainly cannot disagree.
and heinz; I don't believe either of us are wrong in this.. just that we are talking about 2 diffrent things.
"in the bright light of day and even in the happiest moments of our waking spirit we are ordered around a little by the habits of our dreams."
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