The Photo

 I saw an old photo in an antique shop, taken a hundred years ago, of an old man and a little boy, walking.

They are in a small, picturesque town, walking the road. The town is on their left, and a river is on the right. 

I can FEEL them, as if they were here now, as if I knew them. They're going fishing, and I can feel the little boy's excitement. 

I get this a lot.  I look at something from the past and experience the same thing as I do when I'm talking to live people who are right in front of me. 

I've seen some write about this type of experience as if it's scary and they ask how they can "turn it off."  What an odd question.  For the majority of people, it IS turned off.  

For me, it just IS.