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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. — T. S. Eliot

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Nothing is as it was…⠀





You cannot go back to the place you grew up. Or you can, but you won't find it. It won't be the same as you remember. As a young adult you remember houses, streets, lanes or special trees but you don't have a map in your head of how they all connect. The sadness of coming back home as an adult is you cannot recognize any of these houses, streets, lanes or special trees. The olds are all gone.

Everything is as it was. Nothing is as it was…


你不能回到你長大的地方, 即使你可以回去, 你也不能找到它, 因為它不會和你記憶中的一樣, 你年輕時記得的房屋、街道、小巷或者是一棵特別的樹木, 你腦海中有張地圖可以把它們連接起來, 悲傷的是成年後再回去, 你無法認得出這些房屋、街道、小巷和那棵特別的樹木, 因為已經全部不在。

一切都照舊, 沒有一樣是照舊...


Photography by Karsten Petersen 1976

1 comment:

  1. 你不能回到你長大的地方。或者能夠,但你不會找到它。它不再和記憶一式一樣。身尚年輕,你會記得房屋、街道、小巷,或特別的樹木,而不用腦海裡存著一張它們如何連繫的地圖。成年後回鄉的悲傷是,你無法認出這些房屋、街道、小巷或特別的樹木。往情不再。

    一切依舊,卻非如舊。

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