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Lost memories

Who has not found an old photograph somewhere, lying on a sidewalk, forgotten on a table at a restaurant, torn and crumpled after a rainy day in the cemetery? Automatically, we pick it up, we look at it, we wonder who the person in the photograph is, where they lived, what their past was, what their future will be, and why has the photograph been dropped, forgotten, or lost by the one who took it? Was it an important photograph, mislplaced or taken off by a rogue wind? Was it a memory its owner wanted to forget on purpose? Would it evoke happy, or unhappy feelings, if seen again after a long time? read more »