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I'm with Reg on this one!.
It might be possible to recreate the experience, but it still won't be quite the same!.
In trying to recreate anything, we can only approximate & can never quite have the same feeling!. Even with a great book or a great movie, we can appreciate parts of it on the second pass but we'll never be quite as captivated by it as we were initially!. The food right off the grill is always better than when it's reheated!.
I've heard of several times when musical artists used their original "demo" tapes on an album because they were never able to duplicate the same feel in the studio that they got from the original made in the garage or basement!. Sometimes it's the "missing links" that make all the difference!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I don't think it is!. You may bring it back in memory, but that memory will be, umm, flavored by the entire experience!. What would have, at the time it happened, be a silly romantic gesture, in hindsight will per force take on new meaning because of the relation of memory to the entire experience!. also, as you say, having to imagine the "missing links" makes the memory different!. It adds, or subtracts, from the actual experience!.
Theres also the problem with re-experiencing things!. For instance, when you take your first sip of wine, you make a decision!.!.like it, don't like it!. The next time you try it, you can't re-experience that initial process because you already have a base for the experience!.
This, I believe, is why people fall out of love!. Because the initial experience is so rich, so vast!. Instead of letting love grow slowly, its jumped into with both feet!. In the long run, change and growth aren't accepted, and people spend a lot of time trying to recapture that "love" they had, instead of cherishing the one they have!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Yes! Why not!!!

It can get even better with time & imagination! Remember, sepia-toned photographs look so appealing!.!.!.or a book re-read throws up new insights/revelations which we couldn't fully grasp the first time because of our lack of experience at that stage!.

Same way it is highly possible that we missed to read some important meanings in our love story or interpreted things wrongly because of our naivette!. But the whole thing is an exercise in futility!.!.!.all one can experience is the euphoria mixed with pain!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It is doubtful as life is not static but is in a constant state of change or flux where a novel or a movie is static in that it always comes out the same each time it is viewed!.

Life is a non-linear equation with a new variable added each time the equation is run!.!.!.!.!.similar to "Life is like a box of chocolates!. You never know what you are going to get!.!.!.", the character of Forest Gump!.

Be well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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!.!.!.love comes from the heart, own experience and love received!.!.!.
!.!.!.books and movies ONLY gives one person's view, either that of the writer or director!.!.!.as they channel your thoughts and emotions to what
they think LOVE IS!.!.!.
!.!.!.to reexperience love is "!.!.!.so sad an expression"!.!.!.was love lost!? and why!?
!.!.!.again, it comes from the heart, own experience and love received!.!.!.
!.!.!.rekindle those feelings within!.!.!.YES!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Maybe but it sounds a bit tacky!.
Like a poor cover or remake, it lacks the original context to reflect how brilliant it was for it's time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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yes it is possible to relive past events!.

However, if in so doing it you forget to live the NOW, the present, I say it's not worth it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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