“I think also of how holding memory in the isolation of one’s mind is to keep those memories vulnerable, susceptible to being lost forever. Memories are meant to be shared, in writing or in conversation; that is the only way they find space in the present, and in the future. Even when they are imperfect.
People are alive so long as they are remembered, they say. I hope to keep my people, even the ones I never knew, alive for ages.”
Jordan’s words resonate with me so much:
“I think also of how holding memory in the isolation of one’s mind is to keep those memories vulnerable, susceptible to being lost forever. Memories are meant to be shared, in writing or in conversation; that is the only way they find space in the present, and in the future. Even when they are imperfect.
People are alive so long as they are remembered, they say. I hope to keep my people, even the ones I never knew, alive for ages.”
Beautifully written