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>> THROUGHOUT HISTORY, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES BELIEVE THAT A
COMMUNITIES BELIEVE THAT A CAMERA COULD STEAL THE SOUL OF
CAMERA COULD STEAL THE SOUL OF ITS SUBJECT.
ITS SUBJECT. SEEN IN THIS LIGHT, CIRCUIT
SEEN IN THIS LIGHT, CIRCUIT CAMERAS OF THE EARLY 20TH
CAMERAS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY COULD RIGHTLY BE ACCUSED
CENTURY COULD RIGHTLY BE ACCUSED OF GRAND THEFT.
OF GRAND THEFT. THE CIRCUIT CAMERA'S POPULARITY
THE CIRCUIT CAMERA'S POPULARITY WOULD EVAPORATE IN THE PLACE OF
WOULD EVAPORATE IN THE PLACE OF MORE COMPLEX TECHNOLOGIES.
MORE COMPLEX TECHNOLOGIES. NONE WERE CAPABLE OF REPLACING
NONE WERE CAPABLE OF REPLACING WHAT THE CIRCUIT CAMERA DID.
WHAT THE CIRCUIT CAMERA DID. THE LENS WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE
THE LENS WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE BROAD SWEEP OF HUMANITY.
BROAD SWEEP OF HUMANITY. THERE'S ALSO THIS TO CONSIDER.
THERE'S ALSO THIS TO CONSIDER. INSTEAD OF FREEZING A SINGLE
INSTEAD OF FREEZING A SINGLE MOMENT, THE CIRCUIT CAMERA MOVED
MOMENT, THE CIRCUIT CAMERA MOVED SLOWLY, LEFT TO RIGHT,
SLOWLY, LEFT TO RIGHT, CONDENSING SEVERAL SECONDS OF
CONDENSING SEVERAL SECONDS OF EXPOSURE INTO ONE STILL IMAGE.
EXPOSURE INTO ONE STILL IMAGE. IT'S A PROCESS THAT WOULD BE
IT'S A PROCESS THAT WOULD BE ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE IF YOU
ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE IF YOU HAPPEN TO VALUE LIVING IN THE
HAPPEN TO VALUE LIVING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT.
THE 39 INDIVIDUALS IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ONE SUMMER
PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ONE SUMMER AFTERNOON JULY 17TH, 1919
AFTERNOON JULY 17TH, 1919 APPARENT LEAD HAD NO MS. GIVINGS
APPARENT LEAD HAD NO MS. GIVINGS POSING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA
POSING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA '-P IN FACT A FEW OF THEM WOULD
'-P IN FACT A FEW OF THEM WOULD SET OUT THAT DAY TO BEND TIME IN
SET OUT THAT DAY TO BEND TIME IN ANOTHER DIRECTION ALL TOGETHER.
ANOTHER DIRECTION ALL TOGETHER. NOTICE THIS GROUP ON THE LEFT
NOTICE THIS GROUP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH.
SIDE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. FOUR OF THE SUBJECTS APPARENTLY
FOUR OF THE SUBJECTS APPARENTLY SLIPPED BEHIND THE CAMERA,
SLIPPED BEHIND THE CAMERA, MOVING JUST AHEAD OF THE
MOVING JUST AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LENS TO POSE AGAIN
APPROACHING LENS TO POSE AGAIN OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. BY DOING SO, THEY SEEMED TO BE
BY DOING SO, THEY SEEMED TO BE APPEARING IN THE SAME MOMENT OF
APPEARING IN THE SAME MOMENT OF TIME TWICE.
TIME TWICE. WHO KNOWS, IN THE PROCESS THEY
WHO KNOWS, IN THE PROCESS THEY JUST MIGHT HAVE SWIPED THEIR
JUST MIGHT HAVE SWIPED THEIR SOULS BACK.
SOULS BACK. THE SECRETS OF HOW A SOUL CAN
THE SECRETS OF HOW A SOUL CAN FLOURISH IN REAL TIME AND REAL
FLOURISH IN REAL TIME AND REAL LIFE WERE WELL KNOWN TO THOSE
LIFE WERE WELL KNOWN TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.
WHO CAME BEFORE US. IT INVOLVED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
IT INVOLVED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE, THE SENSORY, THE
WITH NATURE, THE SENSORY, THE FACE TO FACE.
FACE TO FACE. SURELY THESE SECRETS WERE KNOWN
SURELY THESE SECRETS WERE KNOWN TO THE SUBJECTS OF THIS
TO THE SUBJECTS OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH, MANY OF WHOM IT
PHOTOGRAPH, MANY OF WHOM IT TURNS OUT WERE PROFESSIONAL
TURNS OUT WERE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS.
PHOTOGRAPHERS. WHILE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
WHILE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN COMFORTABLE MANIPULATING TIME,
COMFORTABLE MANIPULATING TIME, THEY ALSO HAD THE COMMON SENSE
THEY ALSO HAD THE COMMON SENSE TO SPEND SOME OF IT AT A PICNIC.
SO, THEY COME TO FORM THE FIRST LINKS IN THE MEMORY CHAIN.
LINKS IN THE MEMORY CHAIN. WITH A GENTLE TUG AT THIS END,
WITH A GENTLE TUG AT THIS END, WE CAN CONNECT WITH SOME OF WHAT
WE CAN CONNECT WITH SOME OF WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND ON THAT SUMMER
WAS LEFT BEHIND ON THAT SUMMER AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THE
AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THE SECRETS HELD INSIDE THOSE OLD
SECRETS HELD INSIDE THOSE OLD SOULS.
SOULS. SECRETS THAT NOW LIE THERE JUST
SECRETS THAT NOW LIE THERE JUST WAITING FOR US TO