Memories

It's amazing how space, places, areas, items.. can hold such memories for people.

We may always have our memories somewhere in our mind, but the truth of it is... if we have an object that reminds us of that memory.. it is easier to recover, but if we get rid of that object or leave that space.. then it is harder to remember, unless something else triggers.

I think it's so fascinating how memories work.. it's almost like.. without objects we would have no memory, because there would be nothing to remember. you know?

just looking around my room I can remember:

my teenage angst years when I wrote song lyrics all over my walls
the phone line my grandpa put in for me
my ex
when i hung all my decorations
how my room used to be set up
when my dog used to lay on my bed years ago before she passed

and each of those memories triggers more.

isn't interesting that when you start jogging a memory, the synapses in your brain start firing more in the direction of that memory.. and you remember more and more. even as far as words that were said, a touch, a feeling..

and the memories that we have attached to feelings are always more powerful.. because that's how memory works.

I just think it's so fascinating to think about...

gotta love the brain. it's quite clever ;)


p.s. you should listen to this lady, cuz she's got a sweet voice!

love,
Amanda