POST 7 : MAKE IT A MEMORY

MAKE IT A MEMORY

Recently I found our old camcorder. An old fashioned model, grey, with that small screen that you can flip as you want. For the video recorder to work we had to put a tape ( which nowadays seems terribly old school but, to my mind it will be, and already now begins to become again a trend ). This video camera that my parents bought, they used to draw it at any occasion when I was little, riding a bike, reading, at Christmas, with my grandfathers... and then more later when my sister was born, with both of us recorded by our parents. It was absolutely hilarious, because of course when you are a child you do things pretty forbidden, you are in your bubble and sometimes  you don't understand what is going on. But at the same time I got a little bit nostalgic to see and discover all those videos of us in our very childhood. You clearly see that life was quite distinct in the early twenties. 
Besides, one of the things that I totally enjoy about a camcorder is the quality of videos you can take. It can be a little bit weird because you cannot observe well or distinctly, but in my point of view everything seems more natural, nicer, and true. When you watch it, you are able to notice tiny details that your phone camera doesn't allowed you to distinguish: for example all the microscopic pixels of your recording, muddled and blurred. However, the colors look pale and, maybe a little gloomy. But truly I adore that. It really makes me imagine of another time of my life - which I already almost forget - where being you, playing, laughing were something else.
Likewise there is that small date at the top right of the video which I must admit makes me feel like I'm not anymore in the same decade. Can you imagine ? all those memories into that small old box that we completly left for ten years at least without using it or touching it. I wonder why we didn't continue to create moments like that ? I honestly have no idea, but it makes me kind of sad. According to me, it is the best way and the best item to make memories. As we all really like it, and as we have rediscovered how it works, we actually decided to take it with us this summer and, finally record more things and create more memories.