Several years ago now, in my early thirties, I began watching a few older movies: 70's era stuff. I remember, distinctly, how much the, 'feel,' of these films had an impact on me. It felt so new to me. Seeing the old square more rectangular shaped cars, the people with their different hair styles and ways of dressing. It felt as though I was, for a time, transported to another time and place. Not a thing about any of it, felt old. Quite the contrary it felt new to me. Because it was. To me, the movie was new. The plot was new. The lessons to be impressed upon me, the point(s) the film had to make: it was all new.
So, in this moment, I think to myself, despite the way I'm feeling currently...
No matter how old something is: be it the ancient pyramids of Giza, a film from the 70's, 80's, 90's, or even 00's, or even a hand me down T-Shirt at a secondhand store: these things will always be new to some one.
Sure some people may see a black and white film and think: "yuck! old black and white film with dated ways of thinking, living, and acting."
...but to some one else, conditions being right...
No matter how old something is, it will always be new to some one.
(For context, just generally despairing about the general disarray of my life and my affairs. Trying to find that silver lining. And that is okay, I think. I do wish I was back there, watching a film, and being transported, if only for a little while, to a different.. time.. and place..)