The Perils of Nostalgia Part One : Wandering on West Egg

Posted by on October 3, 2012 · 1 Comment 

Some analysts have suggested that Steampunk isn't about nostalgia - I couldn't disagree more. Nostalgia isn't about a restoration of the past as it actually was, it's about looking back with rose-tinted glasses to a lost time that never was. The very heart of Steampunk is nostalgia grown to colossal proportions. http://arts.in.ua/artists/woit/w/108039/

“You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness.” In anticipation of the upcoming Baz Luhrmann take on The Great Gatsby (which will be in 3D – something that I think will really set it apart from the Robert Redford/Mia Farrow version – it still won’t compare to the Nintendo Game, however) I reread [...]

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Perils of Nostalgia Part Ia : Looking at East Egg

Posted by on August 29, 2012 · 2 Comments 

Nostalgia Photograph One

This weekend I played dress up and took some pictures to go with the first of my essays on nostalgia. It’s not the craziest thing to happen when I’m wandering around in a post-call daze. It’s funny how destiny works though. Just a couple of days ago when I took these I was looking across [...]

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