tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post3005932497969731627..comments2023-09-25T05:45:41.437-07:00Comments on The Art of Fiction: Nostalgia's False Memory SyndromeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-59850457201632713662016-10-09T11:03:50.312-07:002016-10-09T11:03:50.312-07:00I guess the historian has a different relationship...I guess the historian has a different relationship to the past to ourselves, where nostalgia comes in. Have a feeling art has a responsibility to get to historical truth, particularly in the recent past, but may be part of the problem. Godspeed's a nicely obscure one :)<br />Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916138.post-62095629676268523642016-10-08T04:25:21.356-07:002016-10-08T04:25:21.356-07:00"Nostalgia is ..." - In September, New S..."Nostalgia is ..." - In September, New Scientist had an article about it: "Wistful thinking: Why we are wired to dwell on the past". If we feel insecure, home/past is a refuge, so we naturally make those memories happy ones. <br /><br />And my favourite Patti Smith song (an earworm) is "Godspeed".Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com