time, of course, is linear. you can speed it up or compress it, but any reversal or going back is an illusion. you're simply using up more time on the same thing again. so you'd better be sure it's worth it.

but time and place have this in common; we privilege certain points within them. some memories glow and haunt, some places call to us and soothe us or exhilarate us. the best of all, of course, is when we can combine them all; memory of some moment in some place, being in that place again with that feeling renewed, and looking forward to more of the same. it makes us feel not only alive, but as if we have some meaning in the world, a connection to the secret geometries and harmonies that make those times and places good.

my goodness, do I smell a madeline baking?