Do you have "a sense" of other eras?

[m-jean03]

I am fast becoming a history nerd because I have discovered my ability to be easily transported into these sort of mystical states of comprehension where the past comes to life. It is so much fun, and is lending a whole new dimension to my daily reality. Certain eras I am drawn to, particularly the decades just before I was born. I have very strong, emotional reactions to certain sounds and images from this time.

I have a great imagination, I guess...but it's fun to think there could be something more to this ability I have to conjure up vivid, sensual impressions and atmospheres out of history...like reincarnation, or something; though I'm very skeptical.

I'm sure other people know what I'm talking about. I know I'm not *that* unique. Tell me your experiences..

[rockymountaindem]

1. OMG!!!

That's like my *whole* life right there. I always have these ongoing fantasy lives, most of which take place in the past. There are just so many fascinating eras to focus on, and it's really fun to think about how I (and my family and friends) would have fit into them. A lot of them have to do with the Second World War and such. I had this whole empire of mine in the Middle East which existed in the 6th century BC that I used to engineer in my mind all the time when I was like 11 and 12. I was the king, of course, and I even wrote down some stuff about my fantasy military and how I would have run my government and divided my conquests and all... it's one of my favorite things to think about, well, besides girls ;)

[Snow]

2. You both would probably enjoy going for graduate degrees

in history. You seem like the sort of people who make the best historians.

[rockymountaindem]

3. That's exactly what I plan on doing.

[Snow]

6. You'll be amazed how much fun and

how much more interesting history is once you get out of the 'social studies' propaganda courses.

[m-jean03]

7. I am long out of those courses

Thank god! I hated history in high school.

[sir_captain]

15. I'll second that

I didn't really have any clue what studying history meant until I majored in it in college. It's probably the best, and definitely the most rewarding, thing I've ever done.

[AlienGirl]

13. Was it called Gadar?

On edit: I'm asking because I know someone with a similar "place," a city called Gadar. It turned out to have been an actual city when he researched it...

Tucker

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Late 18th century

I am fascinated by all sorts of people, places and things from that era-- Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, King George, King Louis XVI, the French Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, coins and newspapers from the era, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the height of the Enlightenment, the music of Mozart and Haydn, as well as the earlier baroque



America's first dollar, in her second year. Note the prominence of the word "LIBERTY" and the absence of any religious motto. The denomination was noted in lettering on the edge of the coin.

[m-jean03]

5. I'm with you there.

Beautiful coin. I have dreams of America's early infrastructure of wood, iron, and steel. Trestles and tracks and docks. I lean more towards fascination with the late 19th and early 20th century, though. There is something about the dawn of this last century -- so wrought as it was with hope and incredible dreams for humankind... and then such terrible realities, so much darkness actually resulted... Such an elevated sense of ourselves, and such a fall.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. But but but but America always was a CHRISTIAN nation!

You, you, you... liar! Yeah! There MUST be "In God We Trust" in the coin's edge! MUCH more important than the mere statement of a monetary amount! </sarcasm>

[GOPisEvil]

8. WWII

I used to have recurring dreams of being a crew member on a B-29. :shrug:

[AlienGirl]

19. Cool

If you have any interest in looking into it more deeply, I can set you up with some people who've become quite experienced in these areas.

Tucker

[m-jean03]

24. Tucker -- do you mean, about reincarnation stuff?

n/t

[AlienGirl]

31. Yes

[GOPisEvil]

28. I haven't had this dream recently.

My mom's Japanese...and I had these dreams when we were not getting along as well as we do now. So, there might have been something to them.

I think I was just angry about something or another at the time. I don't have those anger issues with my mom any more. Actually, the more I think about it, the luckier I am to have her, although she can still drive me nuts. :-)

P.S. to m-jean: I SWEAR I'm not following you! Promise!

[m-jean03]

29. Yeah, yeah, uh huh

That's what they all say.. I know better...:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

30. Heehee

O8)

[NightTrain]

9. Well, I do have a good sense...

...of the popular music of the 1940s-1970s. Does that count?

[m-jean03]

12. I dig you, man!

Thought I'd show you my "sense" of the hip lingo of your generation!;)

[jpgray]

10. Yeah. I imagine I was a serf in the 13th century

I died of dysentery at twelve!

[proud patriot]

11. That's why I've always enjoyed reading history so much

:D

[AlienGirl]

14. A little bit...

It depends on the era, though.

Tucker

[everythingsxen]

16. Yes I have a lot of senses for other eras..

particularly war.

I have a lot of connection to, most specifically: Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe and World War 2.

[AlienGirl]

18. Which country in medieval Europe?

[everythingsxen]

20. No where in particular..

I would guess England most of all though. But the whole time period in Europe. One of my favorite eras.. the knights on horseback, the weaponry. I love it!

[montana_hazeleyes]

17. All my life I've had a deep longing for the desert

and I've barely ever been in one .But I feel myself as a male Native American sitting on a horse in the desert long ago. It's always been with me and I don't know why.

[m-jean03]

27. The Army would love to answer that longing, I'm sure

They've got a nice Humvee you can sit on and pretend it's a horse...

[RFKHumphreyObama]

21. I can comprehend what you mean

Sometimes I can pick up a particular book, or video or listen to a particular song not even produced during that era and I suddenly have these vivid images of what a particular era was like. It’s weird

[Nihil]

22. Only occasionally these days ...

... but used to be more frequent.

There are two main periods involved: most of the time it involved the
early/mid stages of WW I but occasionally it was C17/18th Britain.

[VOX]

23. 1930s-40s, particularly on the West Coast...

The clothes (hats for guys!), the cars, bakelite radios, hardwood floors, big-band music, lunch counters, curved wristwatches, the telephones, neighborhood beat cops, the furniture, everything done with a bit more care and elegance.

On the West Coast, which was truly separated by geography before mass air travel, there were orange groves as far as the eye could see, unspoiled beaches, Pacific Coast League baseball (with a level of play on a par with the major leagues), the movie studios in their heyday...

If time travel were possible, I would return to L.A. c. 1935.

[bif]

26. In my dreams all the time.

I return to the same times andplaces. It's so real that I feel like I must have lived in another time.