#our view of past relies on language. on retelling. on recreation.

In a certain sense the past is far more real, or at any rate more stable, more resilient than the present. The present slips and vanishes like sand between the fingers, acquiring material weight, only in its recollection.

Andrei Tarkovsky, from Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema, trans. Kitty Hunter-Blair (University of Texas Press, 1986)

#words #past #present #maybe because #'the past is a story we tell to ourselves'#present doesnt have narrative or elaboration. it's raw. raw emotion. raw perception #our view of past relies on language. on retelling. on recreation.#so the volatility of a moment can gain concretude and stay with us. in a new form. a story we keep to ourselves #queueing~