Reminiscing
I'm sitting here grading some papers, and listening to some music. It's amazing the ability of good music to transport you to specific times in your past. I've got my iTunes on shuffle, and in the past hour I've been back to highschool (to dance with my first girlfriend), I've been back to my wedding (to dance with my last girlfriend), I've visited old friends, I've remembered meals that I've had, I've relived bad (yet somehow endearing) memories, I've seen people and places that I had thought I'd forgotten.
The idea that memory fades has always fascinated me, but as long as I've got my iPod and a few hours, I can revisit vacations past and it's just as powerful as it was at that point...
I'm sitting here grading some papers, and listening to some music. It's amazing the ability of good music to transport you to specific times in your past. I've got my iTunes on shuffle, and in the past hour I've been back to highschool (to dance with my first girlfriend), I've been back to my wedding (to dance with my last girlfriend), I've visited old friends, I've remembered meals that I've had, I've relived bad (yet somehow endearing) memories, I've seen people and places that I had thought I'd forgotten.
The idea that memory fades has always fascinated me, but as long as I've got my iPod and a few hours, I can revisit vacations past and it's just as powerful as it was at that point...