http://www.nicholasjaffe.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:49:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The act of finishing is really the very beginning of nostalgia... Where old photos become beautiful again, and any sadness which may have surrounded them is forgotten. The subjective nature of personal mnemonics modifies the fluidity of the non-subjective image, to a point where what we see is really what ... http://www.nicholasjaffe.com/2009/12/12/nothing-left-but-the-smell-of-nostalgia/ Taken from 'Alone' by Richard E. Byrd: "...Except one man's desire to know that kind of experience to the full, to be by himself for a while and to taste peace and quiet and solitude for long enough to find out how good they really were. And it was all that ... http://www.nicholasjaffe.com/2008/10/02/the-strange-thule/ It's a rainy night, I can hear large drips reverberating around the inner courtyard of the apartment I'm staying in; an occasional door slams. The piece of space I'm referring to, is a little like the garden which separates the Hinterhaus (rear apartment) from the more expensive Vorderhaus (front/street facing ... http://www.nicholasjaffe.com/2008/09/29/obligatory-entry-one/