Embodied Nostalgia & the Value of Family
Now more than ever, it’s all about family!
My extended family and I came together on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ, this weekend.
My first time there in a couple decades.
A nostalgic place for me, as we’d go there every summer when I was a child.
I saw a lot of the very same rides I’d go on in my youth.
The bumper cars and Ferris wheels. The High Seas Log Flume and the giant Buccaneer pirate ship.
Instead of mindlessly scrolling their phones for hours alone in their rooms, it’s heartening to see the younger generation having communal, embodied experiences, facing their fears and going on scary rides together.
Because after all, life is an embodied adventure, which is sometimes scary!
But you never uncover the fruits of the adventure if you don’t say “Yes” to the ride.
— Brian Piergrossi
Next stop: New York City.
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