Mental Health United States Project #33013

Heaven Through the Backdoor

Project Report | Jan 30, 2024
Nostalgia

By Anna Fitch | Director

This winter Banker and I have been building a scale model Yo’s neighborhood in Pacific Grove. The model is 12' x 8’ at about 1/64th scale and includes 94 different buildings. It has been a fun scale to work with.

To work out topography and other details we spend a lot of time on Google Maps. I never thought of Google Maps as transportive, but in this context it was. Building the streets and little houses while referencing street view, made me feel like I was back in PG. Having moved far away from California this was a warm welcome feeling... I wondered "is this Nostalgia”? and looked it up. Here's the definition in Webster's dictionary:

a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.

So, yes, this is exactly nostalgia.

Best,

Anna

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