Does the Smell of Somethings Evoke Nostalgia?
By timetravel
@timetravel (1425)
United States
March 30, 2012 11:22am CST
I've noticed the older I get (I will be 56 this May!) the more attuned I am to the smell of some things. The other day, while I was still not feeling so well, I opened the front door. It was a damp day, and yet not too warm and not too cold. The air smelled fresh, like the fresh rain - and you could see the spring flowers blooming on the neighbor's lawns. The smell of the newly fallen rain and new flowers hit me and brought me back to my teen years when life felt fresh and new on a day like that. It was good, in a way, inspiring actually, yet at the same time, it evoked a certain nostalgia. Not that my teen years were so great - I guess the nostalgia was for those moments of hope, and inspiration, that were few and far between during those years. It tells me life is not over, there is still much to do and much to discover. And to take in all that I can that is natural and beautiful in the meantime.
What do you think?
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@autumndreamer (3185)
• Philippines
9 Apr 12
Yes. When I was a kid, we often spent our summer in the house of my grandmother. It's in the province so as kids, me and my cousins and other children often play in the fields and climb in trees. My grandmother has a piggery. It's just behind he house so sometimes we can smells the scent of the pigs and their poo. So whenever I smell pigs, I remember my childhood in that house. Full of fun, excitement, curiosity, and innocence. I miss my childhood. I miss going to that place.
