Diary (January 5, 2022)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Wednesday January 5, 2021.

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Seeking love in the home town

Context: "Can someone explain the American obsession in films to people returning to their home towns and rediscovering old flames? It's such a pervasive storyline. Why?"

Perhaps a reflection of America's history as a rootless frontier nation.

Relationships are about binding, stability, continuity.

Seeking a home-town flame implies a return to rootedness in this footloose nation.

• Post @ Twitter (5 January 2022)

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles