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BLOG POST-48 The Geography of a Memory
The Geography of a Memory Why certain places remember versions of us that no longer exist There is something strange about returning to a place after many years. You expect to recognise the place. You don't expect the place to recognise you. And yet, sometimes it does. A familiar neighbourhood can bring back a version of you that you haven't thought about in years. A neighbour remembers the child you once were. A teacher remembers the student who sat in a particular classroom. A road reminds someone of the walk they used to take every evening. The details may have changed. The road may be wider. A building may have disappeared. A temple may look completely different. And yet, something remains. Not necessarily in the architecture. In the memory. Recently, I was thinking about how two people can return to the same city after decades and begin identifying pieces of their younger lives. “This used to be here.” ...
