Sunday, February 24, 2013

Childhood and Images


What are your earliest childhood images? How far back can you visualize your childhood?

I can go back as far as when I was 4-5 years old. I see some images – thought sometimes I am not sure whether these are true images or are figments of my imagination.

Which of these images stay with you?

When I close my eyes, I see a red background with some black dots in it. There's one particular dot I feel particularly intrigued about. It sometimes catches my attention and hints to me that there's more to it than meets the eye. But I can't dig beneath. I remember closing my eyes and following that dot even when I was a kid.

There are some people who catch your eye/attention. You seem to feel intrigued when you meet them. I have come across a number of them. I realized the other day when looking at someone who left me intrigued that I actually was smiling at a part of myself- probably lost and obscured in mist of time. An interesting realization J

We must pay heed to images in our mind and to feelings our senses leave us with. Through that we might learn something about ourselves.

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Sourav