“I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to where the pulse lies. And this personal time, which is the true time, is measured in your relationship to memory.” – Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
Hi there!
How is your February going?
I was speaking to someone yesterday and we were commenting on how time seems to be strange, of how January seemed to creep by but February seems to have a different pace altogether.
This got me thinking about time, and the things that memory can generate in our imaginations. I often have conversations with my dead mother; it’s a lovely way for me to keep the joyful aspects of her character alive in my memory. In planning my first trip to Europe – something I have been longing to do since I was a teenager - I also find myself engaging with my younger self (“We’re going at last!”).
So, today’s creative prompt invites you to play with time and memory.
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