//Etymology: From Old French avenir, “to happen” + avoir, “to have.” The difference between these two words touches on a fundamental dilemma in how you manage memories: do you want to live your life, or try to hold onto it? Is each moment just something that happens? Or are they like souvenirs that you collect over time? I’m often torn by the conflicting urges to live in the moment, to put the camera down and soak it in, or to create a good memory—to try to craft your life in such a way that it would make a good story. I still don’t know the answer. I think I try to live in the moment, which makes for more beautiful, meandering, and scattershot memories, but they don’t really fit into an exciting pattern.//
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:56:58 +0000
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