memory
The brain is a terrible place to store information.
Humans were born to create, not to remember.
it gets stored in the body
“You pile up associations the way you pile up bricks. Memory itself is a form of architecture.”
A quote from Louise Bourgeois
So if you want to remember something, convert it into an image and store it in a familiar place in your mind.
philosophyforlife.org • Mind Palaces: The Art of Psycho-Technics, or Soul-Craft — Philosophy for Life
but even then we alter the image based on our biases and subjective experiences
Less obviously, one’s photo-a-day catalog creates a large improvement to memory. Just as hearing a few lyrics can recall to you an entire song, having a catalog of photos that spans years allows you to easily recall what was happening say, two years ago this time, or how some project was going, or remind you just how long it took, or that it happe
... See moreSimon Sarris • On the Usefulness of Photography
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
subjective story telling
Ideas related to this collection