The Persistence of History

"A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day."

- Anna Mary Robertson Moses

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Cassandra's Eye says:

Cool. what is that exactly?
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Dead Air says:

@Cassandra's Eye - the short answer is "litter".
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

tgbusill says:

This is awesome! The composition, the sheen on the tape, the shadowy figrure - outstanding!

And great quote too.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Druppelsgewijs [deleted] says:

I feel there is no hope without memory (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

N u n o says:

I think this was one of The Dude's Credence tapes (he hates the Eagles, man!)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Hurith says:

I feel sorry for the old broken things that end up being thrown away. :)

(from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

G0Da says:

I feel a lost for my teenage years (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

The Wandering Angel says:

I feel like cleaning out my cassette collection. (from the Feel Me, Post Me! group)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

YinYang711 [deleted] says:

This is, just.... amazing, it reminds me of something broken, but i wasn't ready for it to break. It blows me away.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Sati K. says:

I associated the persistance with the plastic...
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

jessiqua says:

wow, cassette tapes...so archaic!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady Vervaine says:

this is a brilliant image, and a brilliant quote. i've just been reading octavia butler science-fiction stories about the breakdown of society (in the brilliant collection bloodchild), and this reminds me a lot of that.....
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Dead Air says:

@Lady V - Ah, I haven't read that collection but I loved the two Parable novels she wrote along the same lines!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

rgdaniel says:

Rather than persistence, it makes me think of the opposite, the fragility of memory, of technological memory in particular, and the fleeting nature of techno trends. Anybody still able to play 8-tracks? Betamax? Are those CD backups of zipped archives of Word Perfect files going to be any damn good to anybody in twenty years? But a BOOK from a hundred years ago -- no problem (if you're careful).
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

oliverchesler says:

Thank you for adding a creative commons license to this great photo. I used it on this blog post: www.wiretotheear.com/2007/10/16/cassette-tape -nostalgia-r...
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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