Nostalgia is Fleeting
Nostalgia can be tainted. There is a struggle to balance then and now. Oftentimes, we look back at once seemed to be simple pleasures, but are now iconic. We will look back 20 years from now, or even less, and reach for nostalgia. Is it an escape from the present, or is it pushing against the negative past and putting pleasures of the time on a pedestal?
When I was younger, I believed the world used to be black and white, and at some point in time, the world turned color. With no familiarity of the world before, only the current moment seemed to have color. Then, the world was overly saturated, in your face with neons, brightly colored toys, candies, magazines, marketing. At some point, we look back and feel dullness in the present. The world seems to lose color.
Nostalgia is a look in the past to bring color to the present, but in time, we'll seem to long for this current moment. Color always exists. Good memories, even in the bad exist and can be found. The past is no better than the present.
Find Color.
Annaliese Sylvester