Going, approaching, brushing, dwelling, touching; allowing-entrance, -presence; -giving; -taking. Restoring things to things, giving ourselves each thing for the first time, restoring the first time of things for ourselves, each time, restoring the lost first times to ourselves.

"'Floods' is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding: it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be. All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” -- Toni Morrison