Sunday, May 13, 2012

souvenir









We call the things that we take away from a place souvenirs, from French, to remember, but the word "remember" sounds like a thinking word to me whereas souvenir (so soft, breathy, lyrical) carries emotional, sensuous weight.  I often carry home rocks, flowers, leaves, abandoned shells and nests, notes, pictures...  I like to lay them out and examine each one, returning again to the feeling of the places that I have been.

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