SENTIMENTAL? Defined as : of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
NOSTALGIA? Defined as : a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.
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These intertwined definitions of a certain mood ... can you relate to them? What, if anything, are you nostalgic or sentimental about? Is it possible to think of the past without being either? The happy past? What if you're not sentimental or nostalgic in general?
Christine Trzyna
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