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Excerpt from the book: “O” Is for Outlaw

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photo of window and existing photo that I took in Wilkinsburg, PA as part of an art installation that I could not find a name for in order to credit this image

Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we ever care to preserve. Our recollection of the past is not simply distorted by our faulty perception of events remembered, but skewed by those forgotten. The memory is like orbiting twin stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what’s evident forever affected by the gravity of what’s concealed.

Excerpt from: “O” Is for Outlaw, by Sue Grafton, 1999

photo by Sylvia

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  5. I think you may have stumbled upon a minor mystery of sorts … “the woman in the window.” One can surmise it must be a remembrance of some kind with the lock of hair. I love the passage you use. The twin star comparison is an interesting choice. I’ve read some think we are a twin star solar system. If we were, there would be instances of two suns at dawn, two suns at dusk.

    Hope you’re doing well with the heat.

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  8. This was such a poetic and insightful excerpt, Sylvia. I took in all of the images here with such pleasure–the two photos as well as Sue Grafton’s orbiting twin stars. A new thought to ponder today, thanks so much.

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