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| Pancakes photo by self |
In the book 'Death, Memory and Material Culture' Elizabeth Hallam documents the importance of objects to the act of rememberance. Past generations, dead friends and lovers remain manifest through well-worn garments, letters, photographs, flowers, residual drops of perfume, funerary sculpture.
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| 2 Days Later photo by self |
What happens then, when those objects are lost or destroyed - when unheimlich breaks through the surface, like some creature from Japanese horror film? When we survive these events, in order to regain the homely, we repeat the stories those objects held - to each other. In reforging those memories without objects as locii we assert the importance of the people we share the memories with as locii.
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| Remnants photo by self |
Objects can perform as a foundation for an afterlife, but only when a life is maintained in the memory of another is it secure. Things can be destroyed by smoke damage - but stories can always be retold.
No family members were harmed in the events recounted in this blog entry. We were very lucky though.
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