Radio74: Season 4 Episode 13 - Managing Memories

Photographs, home movies, old toys, clothing, school supplies,... all carry memories that can stay at the forefront of my mind. Many of us experience this, with old items from our past years, to a familiar song coming on the radio, all that give us this instant time travel moment, often for the best reason. But it's so interesting to see that the more the memories can stay the same, the more we change how we regard those very moments, the more time separates us from them. I know for myself, that's become more of a challenge to keep them as sharp as they once were. So I fall to writing, photography, some physical objects, but especially video to keep them true for me, but somehow, it just doesn't seem like it's enough. Our imprints in life seem so fleeting, but is it egocentric to truly want to think about our legacies? Is it so terrible to want to be as exceptional as possible in the oh so short time we have on this planet?