the gift of remembering
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the gift of remembering
We might not always believe it but our lives are important and deserve to be documented ✍️ ★ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ a little illustration inspired by one of my favourite pieces I’ve written this year on my @substack – swipe to read some snippets :) 🩷
instagram.comThe nostalgia machine
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the gift of remembering
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I’m telling you this because I’ve always believed as an ideology, as a religion, as an absolute truth, that we should, every single one of us, tell our own stories.
Who we are is where we come from and what we’ve seen and what we’ve said. And what we continue to say. And for so many good reasons, it’s a good idea to write it all down. While you
... See moreone of my favorite Ken Liushort stories reflects on the narrator’s attempt to remember his departed wife. He writes:
I can’t remember the dress she wore or what she had bought; I can’t remember what we did for the rest of that afternoon; I can’t re-create the exact timbre of her voice or the precise shapes of her features, the lines at the corners... See more