Photo Evidence
Photographs are simply a reminder of what once was, what is not, and what never will be. There is no time machine allowing ourselves to re-experience moments, we are expected to make new memories, or new photographs, to trump the nostalgic power of the others. If this is the case, however, then why does our society love pictures so much? Why are we forcing ourselves out of these true moments to falsely commemorate a specific point in time? I believe the answer is addiction. Society is too afraid of forgetting and too longing of what will be the "future-past" to allow themselves to actually live in the moment. Photographs have evolved to represent memories more than our real memories do. As I've already talked about my photo-walls in a previous post , another really easy example of this phenomenon would be spring break. For my 'stress reliever,' I visited Siesta Key with one of my good friends. Honestly, it was amazing--there's nothing more I love than the ...