tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post4831184582730340583..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: Es war im Sommer '69Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-90253264757886706102014-11-26T19:19:35.888+00:002014-11-26T19:19:35.888+00:00Interesting, Erik... it sounds too as if it links ...Interesting, Erik... it sounds too as if it links in with your spacial synaesthesia that we've talked about before?<br />I know what you mean about handling memories so much they can't be clean. Do we add and embellish, subtract and censor, without even realising it? Will we ever know? Maybe it doesn't matter too much even if we do... they are what they are: part of us.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-487537292045366692014-11-26T19:17:28.389+00:002014-11-26T19:17:28.389+00:00Yes I do remember the smell of that leather uphols...Yes I do remember the smell of that leather upholstery! And have similar memories of going to sleep in the back of the car with that smell, very evocative. I know what you mean about memories evoking smells too - I tried it just now and was surprised at how real a certain memory from my teen years just became!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-35671964701933278012014-11-26T15:08:41.266+00:002014-11-26T15:08:41.266+00:00I have a particular memory that plagues my mind. I...I have a particular memory that plagues my mind. It is of a trip to a particular golf course with my Daddy. I remember being on a certain hole...looking down the fairway of the next and then nothing. I guess it's the regimented nature of the setting...why can I remember 1,2,3 and not 4,5,6, etc. Furthermore...the holes I remember being on are the same ones that could be seen from the street. Do I actually remember any of it or have I just placed a memory in the space that was readily available to me. Even worse...I've handled the memory so many times in my head it can't possibly be clean but, it seems crystal clear in my mind...unchanged, untouched.Erik Bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05401279267556576137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-43547682420416040332014-11-25T18:26:03.768+00:002014-11-25T18:26:03.768+00:00I'm so glad you said that about smells, for me...I'm so glad you said that about smells, for me certain smells transport me to a time and place so perfectly I only have to close my eyes and I am transported back in time but also some memories can evoke smells too.<br />Can you remember the smell of the leather upholstery in that Jag? Our car ( nowhere near as posh but older) had it too and I can still remember going to sleep curled up against that smell.Circe's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123904248094064043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-18347736779613184812014-11-25T17:24:01.113+00:002014-11-25T17:24:01.113+00:00Yes, I agree, a computer's a good way to descr...Yes, I agree, a computer's a good way to describe it - see my reply to The Swede too - I see it as a sort of tape recorder.<br /><br />Music - absolutely.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-6531067701280954612014-11-25T17:22:39.987+00:002014-11-25T17:22:39.987+00:00Thank you! I think maybe all our memories are in ...Thank you! I think maybe all our memories are in there somewhere, at least while our recording mechanisms are in good working order, but then our playback mechanisms start to get a bit creaky... then as time goes on our recording mechanisms do too... It might explain why a lot of early memories stay vivid but you can't remember what you did on Thursday?!<br /><br />Yes music is very evocative for memories for me too - up there with smells!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-52250352615571074442014-11-25T11:25:12.892+00:002014-11-25T11:25:12.892+00:00I think of memory like a computer. Some of it, or ...I think of memory like a computer. Some of it, or all of it can be erased and it is gone for ever. Like these people who get a bang on the head and they loose their memory, But you are right it is strange what you remember. I can'not remember peoples names for the life of me. Music however brings back memories for almost every song. Old Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-66074212017948726492014-11-25T10:17:58.334+00:002014-11-25T10:17:58.334+00:00As Singing Bear says, it's probably all in the...As Singing Bear says, it's probably all in there somewhere, but it's strange how some bits of memory break through in glorious technicolour, while others are in broken up black and white segments, or are simply beyond reach altogether. I find that a certain piece of music can not only (sometimes unexpectedly) provoke a memory, but in the right circumstances, will almost physically transport me back to an otherwise forgotten place and time. <br />A lovely piece of writing C.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-31609766723398203322014-11-24T17:02:14.091+00:002014-11-24T17:02:14.091+00:00Thanks all, funny how memories can be so select bu...Thanks all, funny how memories can be so select but so firmly lodged in our minds forever - and often so enjoyable just to write about too.<br /><br />Yve, I think I know what you mean, it doesn't happen to me very often though, and sometimes someone can prompt me with their much-remembered detail and yet still I draw a blank or, if I work really hard at it, I might get something but it stays vague and blurry! <br /><br />Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-88034148293433359492014-11-24T07:35:57.549+00:002014-11-24T07:35:57.549+00:00Extremely evocative, C. The way memory behaves is ...Extremely evocative, C. The way memory behaves is quite astounding, isn't it? I suppose it's *all* there somewhere but our filing systems seem to be ineffective. Perhaps that's not such a bad thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-467514065561400252014-11-23T22:27:00.210+00:002014-11-23T22:27:00.210+00:00Proper writing that is C.
Swiss AdamProper writing that is C. <br /><br />Swiss AdamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com