What do you think about the practice of taking photos and keeping souvenirs? Is it a good idea, considering the need to manage, sort, and maintain them, and the fact that they often evoke feelings of nostalgia and melancholia. Should we stop taking photos at all? How do you manage this side of your life?
No, keep taking photos. Guaranteed 50 years from now you will want them.
Maybe 🤔 but can we desire photos (or things) that don’t even exist? and why would I want them then?
Unless you are a serious outlier, you won’t remember anything half as well as you think you will. And isn’t that the point of the “collect experiences, not things” schtick? Why bother doing anything if you don’t care whether or not you remember it.
I’m 21 and it scares me how much I’ve already forgotten from when I was 14-17. I’m so glad I found an old USB of mine lately with hundreds of photo’s on it that bring back all the memories. I didn’t realise life memories go away so fast. You think you remember your past. But when you look at it, you realise that you really don’t remember a very large amount of it.
To capture a moment that has a special emotional value for you and that you may want to share with others later. Basically I am for a minduful photography. When you know that the image you capture is of special value and makes you happy. What I detest are these tourist snappers who have to capture every corner with their bulky camera dangling from their sweaty necks.