gift languages
What's your gift language? Is it experiential as Shilin describes in choosing memories over things? Is it more material or even a hybrid of both?
You can always try blending the material and the experiential or otherwise find nuance between the lines. You can enjoy the art gallery experience while copping souvenir art afterward or snapping a few photos inside or out. You can appreciate the physical copy of a book not knowing the preservation that your digital copy might have. You can also precisely assert your taste and be rewarded all the same.
What if it's not just what gifts mean to us, but also what they mean to the world around us, that matters most? With enough luck and tender loving care, both memories and things can last "forever". Enjoyment of you or your work doesn't have to be predicated on whether you are still here or not (whatever "here" means to you). I'll say that regardless of your gift language or legacy, staying alive is one of the best options you have for empowering either.
People's distinct gift languages remind me of when I was first introduced to the concept of love languages. No matter how difficult it can be to surface, it's possible that everyone has one. It's up to them to find out what it is for themselves, but also to signal that outward or discover what it could be for others.
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