Sunday, October 17, 2010

Idea Post: Memory 10.14.10

MEMORY

Images holding the essences of memory;

biding time, waiting, celebrating...

barely discernible stories of who was here and

what happened there;

visions of imagined spaces-layering time

within abandoned, unoccupied and frequently

dilapidated interior rooms and exteriors;

there is always something.

- Carol A. Beane


Jill Price can recall every detail of the last three decades of her life — whether she wants to or not. A rare memory condition causes Price to experience continuous, automatic playback of events.

"My memories are like scenes from home movies of every day of my life," she writes, "constantly playing in my head, flashing forward and backward through the years relentlessly, taking me to any given moment, entirely of their own volition."

NPR:Blessed and Cursed by an Extraordinary Memory

Price, Jill. "Blessed and Cursed by an Extraordinary Memory." NPR (2010): n. pag. Web. 11 Oct 2010. .

Jennifer Karady: Visualizing Memory, Photographing War Stories


I'm interested in the way our memories affect the way we remember specific locations or reminisce about certain places from our past. How these locations become sites of sadness and loss, hope and fear, etc.

Emotions Outlast the Memories that Drive Them
Franklin, Deborah. "Emotions Outlast the Memories that Drive Them." NPR. NPR, 13 April 2010. Web. 11 Oct 2010. .

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