Moon Cradel

Posted by Rabbit (Richmond, United States) on 11 November 2007 in Art & Design.

I was told once, that smell has the strongest connection to our memories. i've contemplated this many times thinking that for me this was not true. That is was hearing, that a song takes me back to many memories.

I was reading <well as best i could until my eyes just tire from the struggle> and as one would have guess, yes i began to slowly lean forward into the pages of my pottery magazine, until i was close enough to smell the ink on these white glossy pages. My mind pauses, pauses to think.... Why do i feel like as soon as i sit up, i will be on my bed covered in a quilt that has sheep on it. Not just ordinary sheep, mostly white sheep however there are pink sheep as well - my mind drifts off in the odd question - why are there pink sheep? my mind answers with <shrug> then back to the other question - why do i feel like i'm sitting on my bed from 9 years ago. Why do i feel like i should be getting ready for class or think any second now my roommate jessica should open the door, set her canvas bag down on the chair nearby & sit on my bed to tell me what adventures she had encountered on her way to art class. What is it that made this memory feel like it is happening now.

I open my eyes and the blur of text is staring back at me. I inhale deeply and close my eyes again. i know - i know - i know that smell. That is the smell of my old dorm room, its the smell of the wood chips from my roommates guinea pig.

I sit up, with the realization that smell made me feel that memory.

I'm amazed because in my mind it was so real. It was only when i opened my eyes did the world of so many years ago disappear and my present surroundings show their colors.

experiencing an epiphany,
rabbit

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