On 09 Feb 2010 21:42:57 GMT, "-C' 0-SM'oS," <oze@Zat.c0m> wrote:
>I found my thoughts somewhat tinged with deep sadness re-viewing these
>wonderful scans.
> So reminiscent of the wonderful childhood I remember as a boy.
>It caused me to stop and ponder why.
>
>Could it just be the passing of my own youth, and my own jealousy of those
>still young. Maybe that thought's wrapped in there, but my own conclusion
>was these wonderful photos captured all that is now seemingly missing
>completely from the life of a modern child!
>
>I present Lothar Sauer: Jungen
Dear Cosmos,
Yes. You are experiencing a melancholy nostalgia and, based on my own
experiences in aging, such longings tend to increase as one ages. Yet
I find that this feeling of sadness and regret evoked from your latest
offerings has a certain undeniable sweetness, a peculiar pleasure but
one pleasurable nevertheless. Do you not agree?
Yes! To be young again! To be utterly surrounded by the beauty and
aroma of youth! Who would not wish to make it so? I lament for
myself, for such are my own emotions, but I do not lament for the
chldren of today, for they possess the same essence of energy,
enthusiasm and wonder as we did once so many years hence. I would
agree that, from our own nostalgic perception, by looking back and
avoiding looking forward, which is the definition of youth, that we
may not see it.
But it is there.
Thank you for all your contributions. You are a prince among us.
Sincerely,
HMS Victor Victorian, NP-g18
God Save The Queen
God Preserve the Prince of Wales
Rule Britannia!
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