We talked a lot about this today, both the memories themselves and the words associated with photography. Many people apparently remember things in terms of a memory snapshot and then remember the details of an event from that. Me, I tend to remember the overall event and then zoom in onto a specific detail. But I guess that's what makes me different to everyone else.
I wrote a piece tonight about a photograph.
Family Portrait
Take an instant
Pose, zoom in,
Filter out the rest.
Focus on the subjects.
One moment in time
Captured forever.
The happy smiles fill the photo.
Wind on a frame or so,
The baby cries,
The smiles wane,
The parents argue.
Like flashlight batteries running down
The marriage fades
Till all that is left is one
Wrinkled snapshot.
A Polaroid of happier time.
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