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I am looking at old pictures. I see the child I was. I look at him in the picture and I perceive him as a separate person, i.e., not me. However, when I evoke the emotions and sensations that I felt back then, stored on one of those shelves in my memory, it feels immediate, as if that person were here now, inundating me. The person in the picture is not me, but the feelings and sensations… there is a ‘me’ in there, a sort of presence. Not a spirit or soul or schizophrenic companion, but a consci
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Title The selves on the shelf
I am looking at old pictures. I see the child I was. I look at him in the picture and I perceive him as a separate person, i.e., not me. However, when I evoke the emotions and sensations that I felt back then, stored on one of those shelves in my memory, it feels immediate, as if that person were here now, inundating me. The person in the picture is not me, but the feelings and sensations… there is a ‘me’ in there, a sort of presence. Not a spirit or soul or schizophrenic companion, but a consci
Work type Article
Tags being present, soul searching, conscience of existence
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Entry date Sep 25, 2024, 6:48 AM UTC
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Author. Holder The Introverted Tree. Date Sep 25, 2024.
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