I agree with Steve and Russell. Russell is correct; some writers are
extraordinarily skilled at creating a sense of time and place and
conveying tactile experiences. But Steve is right, the original
article mentioned the scent of a perfume associated with the boxed
letters kept by the woman. Was the scent actually on the letters or
did the writer just remember it in reading the letters? (I've mostly
worked with government records, no perfume there, ahem. Does anyone
know from experience how long scent remains on a perfumed-dabbed
letter? Or one that has been preserved in a box along with sachets,
etc? Potpourri and sachets lose their strength over time, of course.)
Somehow, I don't think there are many teenage girls around now who, as
they age, will go back and read printouts of messages received from
adolescent boys and associate them with that supposed chick-magnet
scent, Axe, LOL.
Maarja
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Sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:16:32 -0500
Subject: Re: [RM] Knowledge management [Was Re: [RM] RAINdrip: Wonder
if reading through 25 year old e-mails wil
Russell, I agree when they're trying to get the tactile/sensory point
across,for example in a novel, and are making a conscious effort to do
so.
Not so with grandma's letters - you truly feel/sense the memories from
the handwriting, sensory environment that the letter was written. Just
went through the same exercise with some old stuff from my
mother-in-law
and there was nothing about the conscious writing style that brought
the
flood of memories . It was the touch,feel,smell of handling the
material
and the personal handwriting.
Steve Petersen CRM
Records Manager
Rockwell Collins Inc
319.295.5244
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