Artifact of Memory

Throughout our lives
we keep certain things without even realizing it
A cracked teacup
a stack of unopened letters
a toy still resting in the same drawer

They may appear to be lifeless objects
yet inside they hold fragments of life itself
feelings, sounds, and images from days long gone
not lost to time
but preserved as quiet emotions that never fade

Artifact of Memory is built on the idea that
memory does not live only in the heart
it quietly resides in the things around us

Each object becomes a vessel of remembrance
holding the meaning of a moment that once existed

In this series NOMR sees scent as a tool for remembering
not to return to the past
but to affirm that those feelings truly existed

Scent acts as a bridge
linking past and present
what once rested in our hands
to what still remains in our hearts

Because in the end
we do not keep things only to remember them
but to remember who we were
when they were still with us