RE: Vintage Photos - eBay Set #1 (1-4)
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So interesting.
Its weird that there could be pictures of me out there that I don't even know exist and they could be randomly living in a blockchain ...
I just wrote a whole sci-fi story and it relates to the belief that when you take a picture of someone, you steal a little bit of their soul. Now there are ghosts in the blockhain. hahahahah
thanks for your post. I had fun musing.
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I know that's a belief among some Native American tribes, that taking a photograph steals your soul. Did you ever read 'The Sun Dog' by Stephen King? It's a novella that was included in the 'Four Past Midnight' collection. It basically tells a story that is kind of the inverse of that belief I guess...sort of.
What amazes me is that stuff like this gets thrown out, donated to thrift shots, or gotten rid of at estate sales so commonly. You would think that younger people in the family would want to keep stuff like this. But maybe they just don't have the knowledge of the format or the willingness to deal with it. Meanwhile, I'll keep digging through them until I find that elusive photo of the Loch Ness Monster or proof that aliens exist.
So I knew it was a Native American thing, but, I didn't know which tribe so I edited my comment. I read that as a kid and it really did stick with me.
I have never read that story but I am curious about it now, problem is that Stephen King writes some LOOOOOOOOOONG books.....
It amazes me too but then I realize that these pictures and such come from homes of deceased with no family left, storage units where the people couldn't pay the stuff anymore, evictions, and other hardships, makes the pictures that much more precious.
I doubt its people just carelessly tossing the stuff, unless, its that cousin who cleaned out grandma's house and was mad cause she wasn't in any of the pictures, but then you would think they would burn them instead.
lol, here I am musing over old pictures again.