fizzle_and_fade
raze i don't know which of the twins was speaking. but this is what she said: "i tend to be someone who is obsessed with memory. almost like a memory hoarder. i keep trinkets and little souvenirs of places i've gone that are not physical souvenirs but more just tucked away into the creases and crevices of my brain. i love audio files — literal audio files of places i've gone and the little soundbites of what it was like when i was there. the visuals of maybe people-sketching, or just really trying to take in what it was like to be sitting there in that moment. for some reason it becomes an obsession, keeping track of the actual occasion. and i think it's really hard for me to let go and be okay if my brain forgets every detail, or if it distorts the actual event. it's human to be someone who wants to remember, especially in this digital age. at the same time, it's interesting, because i've noticed the past couple of years i've had a marked shift in trying to make sure i *don't* remember some things. i really don't want to remember certain feelings and things that have happened. i haven't written in my journal in a really long time. and i look back and i think that's just so weird. it's not even an acceptance of memory being something outside of myself. it's more an all-or-nothing i have with memory. and i think i just need to learn to accept the continual presence of it, and remember that it's okay for things to fizzle and fade." 230819
what's it to you?
who go
blather
from