tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382372480323971385.post3983974435565548533..comments2007-08-30T02:15:36.653-07:00Steven C. Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04422207189176381447noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382372480323971385.post-54988156279787409762007-08-29T11:26:00.000-07:002007-08-29T11:26:00.000-07:00OK. What this line (the original, not your creative re-write :-D) highlights for me is how fluid memory really is. And how we tend to relate to memories as concrete things, as if carved on the insides of our skulls, like petroglyphs. Yet even petroglyphs get changed by the passage of time. Memories are, IMHO, far more fragile, far more subject to time's influence and even ravages than petroglphys. And this doesn't even cover what can influence a memory's initial imprinting (our emotional state, our physical health, our neuroses :-D, etc.). Of course, that's getting into how "accurate" our perceptions are and that's for another post, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Suffice it to say, memory is an incredible and crucial faculty that we, to state the obvious, can't do without. But it's products (any memory itself) are no more perfect and unchangeable than we as human beings are. It's like that bible quote I've been thinking a lot about recently about seeing through a glass darkly. (Yes, even this pagan finds some bible quotes say important things. :-D) IMHO, we need to stay aware we do not, nay, cannot see/recall it all, nor even any part of it accurately/ perfectly. We must do the very best we can nevertheless.... <BR/><BR/>So, see what you started? LOL!Roswilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.com