Amberambles

Photograph by Gordon Parks //

“Sure I’m sad but man, it’s a pretty neat life.”

Photograph by Betina du Toit.

He walked towards the corner, thinking little at all about nothing in particular. Before he reached the corner, however, he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere, as if someone had called his name. _Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451.

_Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451.

Shakespeare did it first @amazingphil

"Isn't that dangerous? Maybe I'll discover things I don't want to know about myself?" "Not at all. You'll discover important things that you want to know. We don't go to places where we really don't want to. A human mechanism prevents us from entering dark places. Memory takes us where we need to go." Memory (2/2). Waltz with Bashir (2008).

"Memory is fascinating. Take this psychological experiment: A group of ten people were shown various childhood images. Nine were really from their childhood and one was fake. Their portrait was pasted into a fairground they never visited. Eighty percent recognised themselves. They recognised the photos as real! Twenty percent couldn't remember. The researchers asked them again. The second time, the others said that they remembered the image. 'Such a wonderful day at the park with my parents.' They remembered a completely fabricated experience. Memory is dynamic. It's alive. If some details are missing, memory fills holes with things that never happened." Memory (1/2). Waltz with Bashir (2008).