memory
by Barbara · updated 5mo ago
memory
- “You pile up associations the way you pile up bricks. Memory itself is a form of architecture.”
from A quote from Louise Bourgeois
Barbara added 5mo ago
What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.
Barbara added 5mo ago
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
Barbara added 5mo ago
- The brain is a terrible place to store information. Humans were born to create, not to remember.
Barbara added 5mo ago
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 morefrom On the Usefulness of Photography by Simon Sarris
Barbara added 5mo ago
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