107 -Memories

107 -Memories
Originally uploaded by gingerpig2000

Not being able to participate in a former era is no reason why we cannot attempt to recreate it. That's recreate, not replace our current reality with a former reality. Imagine remembering a food that you used to have when you were a child, we might decide to recreate it in our kitchen, sell it even. It is not the original, but we can refresh that part of our mind which recorded the flavors.

There is nothing wrong in this, but there would be a problem if we began to pressurize other people into having this dish simply because that would make them more real by engaging in a 'tradition'.

You are not more real, more genuine by replicating a past activity, you are simply at risk of becoming an overbearing tyrant sapping the will of other people to engage in activities which might be more appropriate to the current and future realities.

I enjoyed producing two images in one that took their inspiration from two eras that my wife lived through. I too, of course.