As I read Potts’ December 27 daily meditation last year (just a few days ago), it gratified my distain for the current culture trend to take photos of everything and everyone in them.
Rolf Potts writes in his book, The Vagabond’s Way, December 27, on page 377, “Make peace with the quiet banalities of domestic familiarity and let memories of past journeys blend with a dream of future ones.”
I’d rather muse over memories of past travels and allow them to blend with the anticipation of future journeys. Today, I recall trips where I could not have expected experiences to offer such magical memories, and I could not have captured the experience in a picture.
I often say, “I can’t remember to take pictures when I travel.” I also believe that photos cannot capture all the senses of significant memories: taste, touch, hearing, sight, smell (as exemplified in the photo above). Let me share some examples where the camera doesn’t do justice to the experience.
MEXICO
The thoughtfulness of a couple who invited my friends and me to their house after having just met us. The tete-de-tete conversations that were held and laughter peeling in their house. Their generosity to share their lives within the Mexican community as US expatriates, having lived in Mexico for over thirty years.
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