Black Shadow, photo Dawid Lozinski. Time-travel feeling Nostalgia
Time-travel feeling Nostalgia
Milan Kundera, Czech Republic’s writer wrote: “The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So, nostalgia is the suffering caused by a yearning to return.” In fact, there is hardly a person who didn’t have such strong and sad time-travel feeling as nostalgia. And it may be either the memories of childhood, or the place where you lived. Also, events and people that you valued and they are no longer here with you. Or it could be the relationship and the love that you lost. In addition, the fallen autumn leaf, familiar smell, touch, melody can also evoke nostalgic memories. Perhaps, that noble feeling of nostalgia makes us human.
P.S. The authors of images in this post – Russian photographers Igor Sheremet, Daria Krapivina, Igor Burba, Leha, Marat, Dawid Lozinski from the social site 35photo.ru
Dark wood. Nostalgia
“Remembrance restores possibility to the past, making what happened incomplete and completing what never was. Remembrance is neither what happened nor what did not happen but, rather, their potentialization, their becoming possible once again.” ― Giorgio Agamben, Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy
“Nostalgia is a necessary thing, I believe, and a way for all of us to find peace in that which we have accomplished, or even failed to accomplish. At the same time, if nostalgia precipitates actions to return to that fabled, rosy-painted time, particularly in one who believes his life to be a failure, then it is an empty thing, doomed to produce nothing but frustration and an even greater sense of failure.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Streams of Silver
Time-travel feeling Nostalgia
Autumn
Melancholy
Traveling to the past
Longing for the past
About Nostalgia
I believe, Nostalgia is a necessary thing, and a way for all of us to find peace. R.A. Salvatore
It’s disturbing to realize how certain elements of your being are completely dead. They die long before you do. Chuck Klosterman
Home may be where the heart is but it’s no place to spend Wednesday afternoon. Walker Percy
When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. Karl Lagerfeld
The ‘what should be’ never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. Lenny Bruce
When I hear that song now I’m reminded of her from six years ago, and me from three years ago remembering her from three years before. Three times, one song. Jarod Kintz
It was ‘our’ vice, this: to go forwards with our heads forever turned back. Giorgio Bassani
I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor. Carlos Castaneda
The past is for learning from and letting go. You can’t revisit it. It vanishes. Adele Parks
How sad and bad and mad it was – but then, how it was sweet. Robert Browning
What you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed. Julian Barnes
I get sentimental over the music of the ’90s. Deplorable, really. Rob Sheffield
Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home. Novalis
Have you ever wondered how nostalgia isn’t what it used to be? ― Jasper Forde
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. Marcel Proust
There are no days more full than those we go back to. Colum McCann
The times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. Rob Sheffield
These fragments I have shored against my ruins. T.S. Eliot
Some days in late August at home are like this, sad and nostalgic and familiar… William Faulkner
Everyone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened. Amy Bloom
How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. William Faulkner
How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it’s so slow and sweet and everlasting. Graham Swift
I skimmed the pond scum with a spoon like broth in a soup bowl. Why does everything have to remind me of her? Jarod Kintz
It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures. Ally Condie
Dawid Lozinski, photographer
Margarita Kareva, photo
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence. Albert Camus
I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. Groucho Marx
The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you. Amy Bloom
John Green – Nostalgia is inevitably a yearning for a past that never existed
Memory believes before knowing remembers. William Faulkner
You can go other places, but you can’t ever leave home. Sue Monk Kidd
Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space. Orhan Pamuk
It shocks me how I wish for…what is lost and cannot come back. Sue Monk Kidd
There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable. Dante Alighier
There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. David Benioff
We are homesick most for the places we have never known. Carson McCullers
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. Jonathan Safran Foer
I’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. Kris Kristofferson
AutumnMelancholyTraveling to the pastLonging for the pastAbout NostalgiaI believe, Nostalgia is a necessary thing, and a way for all of us to find peace. R.A. SalvatoreIt’s disturbing to realize how certain elements of your being are completely dead. They die long before you do. Chuck KlostermanHome may be where the heart is but it’s no place to spend Wednesday afternoon. Walker PercyWhen people talk about the good old days, I say to people, ‘It’s not the days that are old, it’s you that’s old.’ I hate the good old days. Karl LagerfeldThe ‘what should be’ never did exist, but people keep trying to live up to it. Lenny BruceWhen I hear that song now I’m reminded of her from six years ago, and me from three years ago remembering her from three years before. Three times, one song. Jarod KintzIt was ‘our’ vice, this: to go forwards with our heads forever turned back. Giorgio BassaniI saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor. Carlos CastanedaThe past is for learning from and letting go. You can’t revisit it. It vanishes. Adele ParksHow sad and bad and mad it was – but then, how it was sweet. Robert BrowningWhat you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed. Julian BarnesI get sentimental over the music of the ’90s. Deplorable, really. Rob SheffieldPhilosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home. NovalisHave you ever wondered how nostalgia isn’t what it used to be? ― Jasper FordeRemembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. ― Marcel ProustThere are no days more full than those we go back to. Colum McCannThe times you lived through, the people you shared those times with — nothing brings it all to life like an old mix tape. Rob SheffieldThese fragments I have shored against my ruins. T.S. EliotSome days in late August at home are like this, sad and nostalgic and familiar… William FaulknerEveryone has two memories. The one you can tell and the one that is stuck to the underside of that, the dark, tarry smear of what happened. Amy BloomHow often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. William FaulknerHow quick and rushing life can sometimes seem, when at the same time it’s so slow and sweet and everlasting. Graham SwiftI skimmed the pond scum with a spoon like broth in a soup bowl. Why does everything have to remind me of her? Jarod KintzIt is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures. Ally CondieDawid Lozinski, photographerMargarita Kareva, photoEvery act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence. Albert CamusI don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. Groucho MarxThe past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you. Amy BloomJohn Green – Nostalgia is inevitably a yearning for a past that never existedMemory believes before knowing remembers. William FaulknerYou can go other places, but you can’t ever leave home. Sue Monk KiddReal museums are places where Time is transformed into Space. Orhan PamukIt shocks me how I wish for…what is lost and cannot come back. Sue Monk KiddThere is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time when miserable. Dante AlighieriThere are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. David BenioffWe are homesick most for the places we have never known. Carson McCullersTime was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. Jonathan Safran FoerI’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday. Kris Kristofferson
