First of all, what “Nostalgia” is? I copy the words of Svetlana Boym, a professor in Harvard University
The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form. The word is a learned formation of a Greek compounds, consisting of νόστος,nóstos, "returning home", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος, álgos, "pain" or "ache". It was described as a medical condition, a form of melancholy. [1]
In plain English: The pain for being away from your home. Many people who read this blog may have this feeling the last 6 months, being away from their country and their families to study in a foreign country. Personally, I believe that, as nostalgia is “a yearning for the past”, everyone experience a different type of nostalgia.
Yanni, a fabulous musician, who originates from Greece and his sales are more than 20 million worldwide, composed a marvelous song named “Nostalgia”. I think that this song defines nostalgia not is words but in music notes.
The following video is the performance that Yanni did at the Acropolis in Athens in 1993. Listen to it and bring back in mind beautiful scenes of you past. Reminisce beautiful moments. But be careful, don’t fall back! Life is all about present.
[1] Boym, Svetlana, The future of Nostalgia, 2001 pp. xiii-xiv.
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