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Your Memories Are Like Paintings
Memory itself could be called its own bit of creative nonfiction. We continually—often unconsciously—renovate our memories, shaping them into stories that bring coherence to chaos.
from Tell It Slant, Second Edition by Brenda Miller
So if you want to remember something, convert it into an image and store it in a familiar place in your mind.
from Mind Palaces: The Art of Psycho-Technics, or Soul-Craft — Philosophy for Life by philosophyforlife.org
Jonathan Simcoe and added
What this person sees in a painting is not just a picture, but a “thought machine” that includes the painter’s emotions, hopes, and ideas—as well as the spirit of the culture and the historical period in which he lived.
from Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi