Post-struggle music, listened to from back across the doorway in the narrow future that almost wasn't strikes so profoundly. For us now it's so easy to loose sight over (or to never have caught a true glimpse of in the first place)
Being Born Free means there are some things hidden behind the veil of victory we just fail to consider. I'm listening to songs now that I've heard before—from artists I've known since childhood—and seeing such a different world through their eyes.
As a child this impact was lost on me. I'd hear them at fairs, on playgrounds, in cars, listened to joyfully; the contained pain lost in a reminder of joy.
Someone on here once described the modern dating scene as “sexually liberated but romantically prudish” and I have not stopped thinking about that since I read it.
I think the original example was something like: people don't elope anymore, and while that's obviously only partially practical, I think there's some very real points here too.
The context for this hike was a joke we were making along the way about our next trip being us walking to Amsterdam. Cut forward almost to years later and at a meet-up braai we're discussing summer plans. A friend posits doing something physical.