"Like a true nature's child / We were born to be wild"
Steppenwolf makes for a ruminative opening to this post. Indeed, nostalgia begs for an idealised utopian dimension that is born out of our wild past. The human mind is shaped to reflect on the past to produce an idealised future. Thus, this 'nostalgic revolution' is not indicative of a romanticised longing for the past at all; it represents a surge towards a future mediated by the past, to arrive to a new renaissance in human development; I believe it might well take place in this lifetime. When that time comes, it will be fascinating to witness and write on the future of nostalgia in days to come.
Steppenwolf makes for a ruminative opening to this post. Indeed, nostalgia begs for an idealised utopian dimension that is born out of our wild past. The human mind is shaped to reflect on the past to produce an idealised future. Thus, this 'nostalgic revolution' is not indicative of a romanticised longing for the past at all; it represents a surge towards a future mediated by the past, to arrive to a new renaissance in human development; I believe it might well take place in this lifetime. When that time comes, it will be fascinating to witness and write on the future of nostalgia in days to come.