On Longing

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."
I chose this picture of me next to the Arch of Constantine in Rome, because seeing the city for the first time really puts the size of the buildings and ruins into perspective.

"The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the 3-dimensional, into the miniature that which can be enveloped by the lovely." 

This picture is an example of me taking the public (leaves and flowers) and putting it into a journal that I can carry. While I cannot take that place and time with me literally, I can take this memento. 

"To have a souvenir of the exotic, is to possess both a specimen, and a trophy."
This picture is of one of the museums in the Vatican. Each of the Popes have a room of art and objects that they 'collected' some from exotic places, like Egypt, or from artist and sculptures that they commissioned. The Popes liked possessing specimens, and trophies.

"Nostalgia cannot be sustained with out loss."

This is a photo from my high school graduation, and of one of my friends that moved out of state last year, who I haven't seen since. I have nostalgia about that time in my life, but I would probably have less if I could see my friends more. 

 "The place of the origin must remain unavailable in order for desire to be generated."
This picture is a dinner my dad made for the premiere of season 7 of Game of Thrones. After months of waiting all of us were very excited for the premiere, and because we cannot go to Westarios or anything, my dad made a meal inspired. The origin was unavailable, which made us desire it.