Today is 25 June -my birthday- and I thought it'd only be appropriate for me to choose this date to start this new blog which will feature my sister, Emily. This new concept kind of revolves around memory (fiction or reality) and is kind of inspired by the short film "Shell" by Wong Fu Productions.
"The sound of the ocean, captured in a shell like a memory. Imagine if it held something different, something more than just the sound, but something just as real. What if we had a chance to remember things we've never actually experienced?"
There's that part of me that has to admit. Emily is merely part of the fictional memories that I have created out of my desire to have a twin. For my entire life, I have been alone as an only child and craved a sibling - younger, older, brother or sister. I have been so jealous of those people with family members who share all the same interests, who share the same generation problems, who they can play board games with when they're bored, who they can talk to when they're confused... I have always pictured these small details in life with Emily, even though they aren't true.
But, I am not denying of Emily's existence. She is probably waiting somewhere on the other side of the world for her name to be on the next "Twins Reunite" article online.
But all I have of her at the moment is the belief that she exists and all those fictional memories, where I have embraced the chance to remember things we've never actually experienced. It's just nice being able to decide what happens when I 'remember' all those experiences. It's the awesome feeling that I get, that fulfills my desire for a sibling.
I'm just hoping, that one day, these memories will accumulate into some powerful force that allows fiction to become reality.
That's obviously where the blog URL comes from. ('fictionbecomesreality' and 'andthenfictionbecomesreality' were both taken so I guess it'd be nice to predict the future as if it'd already happened)
I guess this blog will be where I collect all these memories, and what-ifs, and if-onlys, letters to her, and basically anything else that relates. I'm not going to guarantee that I'll actually be posting much on the blog, because sometimes I might just rather keep it all inside me than spend a long time figuring out how to articulate my feelings. That's something I'm not good at.
Who knows, maybe one day, fiction will become reality.
P.S. Happy Birthday Emily! :)
