Mark Scruby on Memory and Emotions:
We are nothing more than the sum of memories. They are the basis of our emotions. We use them to mark out who we are and the journey we have taken in life; they inform how we behave in the present and the decisions we'll make in the future.via The Book: The Terrace House - Reimagined for the Australian Way of Life (page 155 Cloud Space).
Thai Nguyen on Embracing the Present:
There’s no point dwelling in the past and letting it define you, nor getting lost and anxious about the future. But in the present moment, you’re in the field of possibility - how you engage with the present moment will direct your life.via 10 Powerful Life Lessons from The Alchemist by Thai Nguyen.
Never a better place to embrace the present, than the moments before, during and after a Dragon Boat race.
Joel Meyerowitz on Photography and the Past, Present and Future :
We can never imagine the work we might make in the future – that’s part of the wonder of all art making – but when we are in the present and can look back, as I can, over 50 years of work, there seems to be a continuous path that unwinds in a way that sometimes seems inevitable.via A Full House by Joel Meyerowitz.
Photography is the medium of nostalgia (*): any photograph by construction shows us the past (*).via PROJECT PROFILES: Juan Aballe’s Country Fictions (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
This is a time of nostalgia: regardless of where you look, we have become backwards looking, rehashing what was there in all kinds of ways [..]
We can’t let go of the past because we can’t stand the present (*).
Is that what it is?
