{"id":2791,"date":"2023-05-25T14:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T14:39:05","slug":"on-material-possessions-death-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymind.com\/on-material-possessions-death-nostalgia","title":{"rendered":"On material possessions, death &amp; nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"article-beginning\">Like every Sunday (and in some cases, Monday) we're here to share a smattering of inspiration and ideas to feed your mind. If you're new to mymind \u2014 and many of you are, this week \u2014 welcome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here's what's been on our minds lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcad This photo series<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-2.png 733w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-2-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1.png 806w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1.jpg 674w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/unnamed-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this fascinating series, titled \u201cMaterial World: A Global Family Portrait,\u201d photographer Peter Menzel captured portraits of 30 statistically average families around the world, with all of their possessions displayed outside their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/pictureshow\/2010\/08\/10\/129113632\/picturingpossessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See more photos \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_ax59j2p7m\">Click the + button in your browser to save the article to your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This quote from Bob Dylan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-custom_2ckfb3b91\">\u201cYou're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us\u2026 You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself, you decide for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlight the text, including quotation marks, to save this to your mind as a quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-custom_5dzmfzg0c\">\ud83d\udcad This interview with perfumer, G\u00e9rald Ghislain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gerald_cver-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gerald_cver-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gerald_cver-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gerald_cver-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mymind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/gerald_cver-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you're familiar with mymind at all, you've likely noticed our taste for romance and nostalgia. While we aim to reinvent the way you typically organize yourself online, we believe much is to be learned and appreciated from the past. It's clear G\u00e9rald Ghislain agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be our favorite interview in the \u201cInto my mind\u201d series so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/into-the-mind-of-perfumer-gerald-ghislain\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mymind.com\/into-the-mind-of-perfumer-gerald-ghislain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read the 2-minute interview \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, we'd love to hear what's been on your own mind. Feel free to reply with an image, article, Tweet, idea, video \u2013 anything you've been thinking about lately. We might just share it in a future newsletter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, we wish you a refreshing and peaceful week ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like every Sunday (and in some cases, Monday) we&#8217;re here to share a smattering of inspiration and ideas to feed your mind. If you&#8217;re new to mymind \u2014 and many of you are, this week \u2014 welcome! 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