Posted November 12th, 2003 @ 04:41pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: To what non-physical (people, places) things are your strongest memories tied?
My Answer: As my previous post answers: music. However, I've heard that for many people, it's a smell, a sound (non-musical), a general feeling. For some it may be the color green. I'm curious to see the answers.
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Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 5:11pm #
Smells, I think.
I smell certain things, and then remember something i've come to associate with that smell. For instance, I was coming downstairs last week and smelt gingerbread, which reminded me of Christmas last year.
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 5:37pm #
Definitely music for me.
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 5:46pm #
I can't play Micro Machines on the Playstation any more, because it reminds me of a very bad headache I had while playing it a long time ago...
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 6:19pm #
Definitively music.
I actually posted a similiar post to yours some time ago.
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 7:07pm #
Music, hands down.
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 8:39pm #
Music is sound, which is a physical thing. Smell is also a physical thing as is touch.
Posted 12 Nov 2003 at 10:22pm #
mnb, you knew what I meant. And next time, leave a real name and a real email address. This "fake@email.com" stuff is crap. As it says above the form into which you enter your comments, Have some guts and use a real name, email, and URL.
Posted 13 Nov 2003 at 1:45pm #
Wind. I grew up in South West Florida, so certain winds will totally remind me of other times and places. There is a different feel and smell to cold front winds, "two to three days before the hurricane" winds, the weak wind before the typical afternoon shower, etc.
After 20+ years in FL I am getting to the point where I can feel what the weather will be. I used to think that was a myth.