Literaturespeaking topic
Proust's narrator dips a madeleine in his tea and the taste brings his whole childhood flooding back. Why does a smell or a taste hurl us into the past far more powerfully than deliberate remembering?
— Proust, In Search of Lost Time, the madeleine scene
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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