#antiquated

My writing of that time testifies to a similar obsession with "things." It is frequently tormented in striving to get the simple word to fit the simple object. That was what I wanted. As much as possible of the ding an sich. Hardly a mystery then, being a young man of my time, aware of such a remarkable tool as the camera, that I should use one in an effort to salvage what I valued. I use the word salvage advisedly. We turn our backs—no more—and the valued object is gone. This experience has become so commonplace that nostalgia is a diminished emotion. How long will it be before it lacks objects on which to feed?