Write Your Story: Priyanka Kumar
Presented by the Leopold Writing Program in partnership with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival.
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“Love makes memories. Hate makes regrets"
― Priyanka Kumar How do your emotional experiences shape how you remember places?
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How do your emotional experiences shape how you remember places?
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Home was always an F word to me. So much screaming and anger and resentment that it didn’t reflect the word as defined by others, a place of comfort and rest and nurture. I ran away from home once. I took 3 bologna sandwiches and a bop it and was back home on my bicycle within hours realizing I did not yet have what it took to survive on my own at the ripe age of 12. As a young adult I ran from place to place looking for that oddly defined version of home I had heard of, where people ate meals together without rotten words and where resting a head on a pillow guaranteed actual rejuvenation. It’s taken me 25 years to find home within myself anywhere I roam, to Create the inner love that results in comfort, to allow softness that leads to rest and to discover my own voice that leads to the nurturing of my soul. Home is no longer an f word. Home is everywhere that aligns with this found self.
- Anna Ruth |
My emotions dictate the color of the memory, like a gel over a lens.
- Anonymous They hugely shape my memories. I find even reading a book in a certain location shapes my enjoyment of it and emotional connection to it. I can remember where I was when I read certain books, the trees I looked up at as I pondered what I read and the feelings of the sun on my face and legs. Some books are forgettable simple because I read them in a forgettable space!
- Holly B |
