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hosenki no Kuni is a story pervaded by
this ineffable sense of trying to become
whole from venture kosis who yearns to
be reunited with her brother to the
Lunarians who are heavily implied
through the legend told by venture kosis
to be fixated on becoming human once
again after their separation into flesh
bone and spirit to the gems searching
for some sort of purpose and fulfillment
in this land of indescribable loneliness
these beings all want to feel completed
this magnetic attraction fuels their
psychological state whether it be the
future and all that it promises or the
past and the joys that it held they
yearn for sometime other than right now
nostalgia it's delicate
the Putin Teddy told me that in Greek
nostalgia literally means the pain from
an old wound
it's a twinge in your heart far more
powerful than memory alone one of the
saddest things about nostalgia is the
fact that it is this unreachable
abstract concept a romanticization of
the past the experiences that we will
never quite be able to feel again we
tend to be stuck in cycles of attempting
to grasp the ungraspable because even
when goals are achieved
we always need one more thing this
prevents us from truly valuing the
present as much as we should most of the
time does the future really promise that
much with relation to the present or do
we romanticize it just as we do with the
past because it is somewhere in time
other than right now what was that you
are muddiness because that's Onaga saw
you a yogi I mother Georgie the mod we
are beings of habituation and biased
perspective always looking towards the
future for better days or to the past
for the beauty of times gone by but we
never truly appreciate them now as much
as we should we try but we can't and
that is partly why nostalgia is so
profound because we can remember things
be experienced but not be dragged down
by this feeling of needing to look
elsewhere there is an allure to
innocence a draw to knowing less than we
do now and being able to enjoy simple
pleasures yet as the world goes on and
experiences take their toll we become
eroded or even break we may not lose
memories as the gems do but our mindsets
and personalities are molded and
constantly shaped in a permanent way and
in that sense we lose things break me
apart and put me together but I won't
ever be that same person again
that's why reflecting on the past is
often healthy and helpful it can ground
you and remind you of the value of
living I personally never dismiss the
worth of nostalgia when evaluating art
and its impact on us because in
dismissing it you're dismissing part of
the person you were and part of what
shaped you as you are now if something
made you smile 15 years ago don't take
that for granted
nostalgia maybe pain from an old wound
but that pain reminds you that you're
alive and creating new memories Foss
started out wanting to be strong they
became strong and lost a part of himself
in the process so when their next big
purpose came along the search for truth
Foss was drawn to it but apprehensive
now ironically wise to the fact that
they are so ignorant about so much
fostex value in the fragile innocence of
the present because Foss knows that life
is a constant evolution and considers
this to be something worth holding on to
or at least valuing we are
contradictions when we are young we
thirst to be older to prove ourselves to
achieve dreams and learn about the
unknown and when we grow up we lament
not appreciating our ignorance however
we must not get caught up in these fancy
bouts of reminiscing and forget to try
our best to live in the now it does not
do to drown in nostalgia only to dip our
feet we will never be the same person we
were in the past nor will we ever be
able to experience the things that
provided us with so much joy in the same
manner ever again but isn't that what
makes these times so significant because
neither will we ever be in the now this
now again so we might as well make the
best of it
wisdom is pain because the more
knowledge we obtain the less mystery and
Wonder there is but that
life and that's just how it is
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