Dave remarked his disappointment with his Swiss Cheese memory. I think many people have weaker memories, regardless of how valuable they are. My memory I would liken to space. Yes, space, the final frontier.
The celestial bodies would represent concrete memories spread well apart from each other. The asteroids are bits and pieces of memories but are not wholes of anything. Comets are the random ideas that come about regularly sometimes wreck havoc and serious damage to a strong memory. When you can step away and see the beauty of the memories collectively, it seems like a broad amount of material -- each with its own luster and beauty. The galaxies (grouped memeories) have intricate shapes seemingly purposeful, but perhaps not. Getting from one memory to another requires giant leaps. Finding a particular memory in this great vastness -- now there is the challenge. Now, go from Mars to the Crab Nebula (where ideas are being created).
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Dave's statement and mine
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I think it's important to excersize your memory. If only to be sure you remember your childhood. In the lifespan of an average person, the childhood becomes eclipsed. No memory of the first 3-4 years, vague memories after that. To allow yourself to forget your childhood is to have never been a child, and I think that's dangerous. Also, with your body dividing cells, you basically become a reinvented person every now and then. It would be a shame to wake up one day floating on a "life" raft, not knowing your future and not remembering your past. I think the more your context changes, the more important it is. If you still have parents, they are the best link to the past you can get. If you still have access to your childhood home, that's even better. But if you don't have either of those, and it's just pictures and accounts from your siblings, it's somewhat more difficult.
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