Memories in Bottles
Kuwait Seafront c2005 Regina Ray

Memories in Bottles

I bottle my memories. Literally. I like to keep them intact. You can see them but you cannot touch them. They are safe in their bottles and I can pick just one of them, and spend some time with it.

Some of them are a bit faded; other - vivid and sharp as they just happened. Some make me smile; some make me sad. But I love all of them - they are such a great part of me, they make me who I am today.

It is fascinating what can take us back to the past in a millisecond - a smell from our childhood, a word, a place, a photograph...

Memories in Bottles was part of my solo exhibition in 2016 SAUDADE at the Cambridge School of Art. Hanging in bunches on fishing lines, the bottles gave a faint cling every time someone interacted with them.

"Saudade" is a Portuguese word that in English is best translated as "a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past" (Oxford Dictionary). Similar terms exist in other languages - Arabic - ??? (wajd); French - regret; Spanish a?orar.

Kuwait seafront street lights, Kodak Slide film, 2005
At the office - 2006
Kuwait desert - 2004
Abandoned - at the Free Trade Zone Kuwait 2004
Fishermen - Kuwait 2004


Helen Lindop

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3 年

What a lovely idea - and we really need a word for Saudade in English, too. I don't think nostalgia is quite the same?

Ann Hawkins

Creating opportunities for collaboration. Advisor and mentor to small businesses. Accountability to stay on track to achieve your goals. Steward of the Citizen Collective.

3 年

I love the idea of memories in bottles Regina. Finding the right bottle is pretty important too! What are the ones you've chosen?

Terry Murphy Nesch

Business Development Manager @TONER Home Matters

3 年

Regina Ray what a great idea. In today’s world of everything being digital- and past boxes and boxes of pictures- it’s a unique way to bring to life these great pictures and all the memories they bring. ??

Bo L.

Portrait photographer

3 年

Wonderful, Regina. I like it a lot Mine are in storage, locked away, as I moved so many times in the past few years. But .... one day....

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