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Setsuna did this 3 years ago and this is the second time Setsuna releasing it publicly.
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This dream began in early April 2019.
1 | <div class="body details"> April 10, 2019 </div> |
A user named Deleted Account created a Telegram group for people to use as a “public diary” where they could freely record memories from their lives.
Over the next two years, many people would come to leave records of their lives for a period of time. Many people came and went. Eventually, only one person was left in the public diary, until finally just ad bots spamming remained, until the “group does not exist.”
What was that feeling like? Setsuna imagine it was a bit like a family, quietly understanding and warming and accompanying each other with records of memories. That was also the first time Setsuna felt “warmth” on the Internet. Although everyone was just recording, using ordinary non-artistic words and casual daily photos to write about their lives, without much chatting or interaction, just knowing of each other’s existence and company, living on with the attitude “let’s keep on living” or leaving with “life is enough”, was comforting.
This wasn’t the first time Setsuna had the childish notion of wanting to preserve memories. The desire to “preserve memories” is probably innate to me. Although Setsuna didn’t have the ability to save photos and videos in Setsuna’s elementary school, from middle school on Setsuna properly archived and backed up all photos and videos. Setsuna also kept some objects, gifts from friends, small meaningful things, playful yearbooks…even stage props discarded after class plays, and discarded student work (handwriting) secretly taken from offices.
Does time really fade everything? Maybe, like the tides washing away the footprints of people coming and going on the beach.
Memories are so fragile, and become completely different from the rapidly changing present. But getting lost in memories and illusions doesn’t seem so bad.
“I think I will forget many people, but you truly left a deep impression in my memories. I will remember you.
I also ask you to remember me.”
From Setsuna’s deskmate
Below is the final PDF release of “Everyone’s Diary”:
Setsuna just want to keep the memories, don’t let them disappear.
Setsuna will do her best to preserve everyone’s memories!
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Setsuna
22/3/23