Remember
/“Why” for memory is simple:
Do or do not
Repeat the past
“Why not”
Is far more complicated
Often, much more work
Memory
Foundation for agency
Rational choice
Identity is memory
The story
Running in the mind as “me”
Loss, a form of memory
Tender loss convinces us
Not to repeat the past
Forging an
Equally or greater
Present and future
Devastating loss
Compels forgetfulness
Risking the past repeating itself
Lie
Purposeful forgetfulness
(At least hiding from truth)
Successful lies
Dependent on memory
Unsuccessful if caught in the lie
Rationalization, either
Memory of what actually occurred, or
Memory of concoction
A third possibility:
The need to concoct from scratch, again
Covering the lie and the failure of memory
To err is human, to forgive, divine
To remember is human, to not remember is far too human
(Leaving the divine out of this for now…)
By Russell Willis
From: United States
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