Old movies — old books, old songs, old works of art — are more real to me than the reality of my own life. In Spanish, “gastados” has the sense of “spent, worn out, wasted.” But this second-handedness of my life acts instead as a renewal, a deepening. “In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy” is one of Jenny Holzer’s popular texts. Ramya Yandava is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. Ramya’s Rambles runs alternate Mondays this semester.

Source: Daily Sun September 28, 2020 06:56 UTC