Sign up or Log in
Are.na
ally c.
i hope we remember each other
Info

the impact of memory, history; everything that came before / is yet to come that inevitably shapes us

11 Followers
This channel appears in
journal , inspiration in writing please, miscellaneous channel, Sorry I have to close these tabs, but I am coming back for you, and a poor audience for my memory
View
Grid
Table

Paper has memory, and the memory of the fold will always dictate the return to the paper's collapsed form.

There is really no difference between memory and sight, fantasy and actual vision. Vision is made of subtle fragmented movements of the eye. These fragmented pieces of the world are turned and pressed into memory before they can register in the brain. Fantasized images are actually made up of millions of disjointed observations collected and collated into the forms and textures of thought.

David Wojnarowicz, “in the shadow of th…
The Young Girls Turn 25 (Agnes Varda, 1993)
The Young Girls Turn 25 (Agnes Varda, 1…
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
signal-2022-06-27-23-08-00-638.jpg
signal-2022-06-27-23-08-00-638.jpg
Flaka Haliti - Speculating on the Blue
Flaka Haliti - Speculating on the Blue

We do not know the true value of our moments until they have undergone the test of memory. Like the images the photographer plunges into a golden bath, our sentiments take on color; and only then, after that recoil and that transfiguration, do we understand their real meaning and enjoy them in all their tranquil splendor.

∆ Georges Duhamel, from The Heart’s Domain (The Century Company, 1919)

Georges Duhamel, from The Heart’s Domai…
large.png
large.png
Sappho (trans. Anne Carson)
Sappho (trans. Anne Carson)
image-2018-06-09-15:51:00.jpg
image-2018-06-09-15:51:00.jpg
Join Are.na to follow i hope we remember each other
Sign upExplore