tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post893632221547927090..comments2023-06-22T06:42:55.992-07:00Comments on Jeannie in a bottle: How do you define "first love"?Seahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17608850359975556815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-1971744830164489212013-03-30T13:47:22.855-07:002013-03-30T13:47:22.855-07:00That's a nice smileThat's a nice smilewalker531https://www.blogger.com/profile/10121636492469623003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-91408620227017203282013-03-30T13:46:52.802-07:002013-03-30T13:46:52.802-07:00That's a nice smileThat's a nice smilewalker531https://www.blogger.com/profile/10121636492469623003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-16720685125414228232013-03-24T09:33:55.396-07:002013-03-24T09:33:55.396-07:00Nice to know that other things trigger pleasant me...Nice to know that other things trigger pleasant memories. And a wood carpeted with blue flowers brings back good memories for me :)Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17608850359975556815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2652783816945056301.post-5376907801746084862013-03-24T04:41:18.274-07:002013-03-24T04:41:18.274-07:00You are right. Things like this wouldn't be a...You are right. Things like this wouldn't be a problem for me and I wouldn't have thought that they would for anyone else unless they feel insecure, but perhaps I shouldn't presume to speak for others, so it is probably best to deal with things discreetly or possibly even let sleeping dogs lie (as our's is doing at the moment). Although I am definitely not musical (I wouldn't know one end of a long brass instrument from the other), it's interesting how a piece of music can evoke a memory so strongly and suddenly, and take you back so clearly, even if it's to something, or someone, that you no longer know. I have some music which isn't broadcast anywhere, and was probably never 'cool' enough to be (although I still think that his music is very impressive), which I hadn't listened to for a long (long) time but when I played it again for the first time a couple of years ago it took me straight back to my first love. This was quite a surprise. It was also quite a surprise that it brought back only good memories. I actually feel strangely warm and comforted (with perhaps just a tinge of sadness) when I play it now, particularly if the lights are down low. [that's weird, one of the tracks has just started playing on my iPhone which is set on random. Given the huge number of tracks on there, it's quite a coincidence] <br />I find that suddenly being taken back can also happen for other very special key life events by other strong images, such as seeing a place that you haven't been to for a long time, or certain flowers suddenly coming out and carpeting the woods in a sea of blue. These are probably strong personalized triggers, as even other people who were involved probably wouldn't make a link. The sub-conscious is a strange, powerful thing.walker531https://www.blogger.com/profile/10121636492469623003noreply@blogger.com