“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.” Oliver Sacks
14 Apr 2016
Browsing category: Memories
03 Apr 2016
"Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you - and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!” John Irving
27 Mar 2016
"...[T]here is no such thing as a true event. We know dates and times and locations and participants but accounts of what happened depend upon the perspective from which the event is viewed." William Kent Krueger
25 Mar 2016
"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
Cesare Pavese
18 Mar 2016
When I was at school, I was taught about the ancient river civilisations of the Nile, the Tigris and the Euphrates. I remember being captivated by the story of Howard Carter who discovered the Egyptian tomb of Tutankhamen. As a young boy, I could not imagine a more breath taking experience than that of peering into this ancient chamber with the light of a flickering candle revealing the glistering gold of the young pharaoh's buried wealth. I became mesmerised by the myths of ancient Egypt and, for a time, believed I wanted to be
27 Feb 2016
"The past is just a story we tell ourselves." Spike Jonze, Her
16 Dec 2015
"Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire." John Dewey
15 Nov 2015
“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.” Haruki Murakami
01 Nov 2015
One of my favourite writers is the Danish story teller, Karen Blixen. She wrote under the pen name of Isak Dinesen (amongst other names), and I love her stories (like Seven Gothic Tales and Babette’s Feast). Her most famous novel is Out of Africa and the iconic line, “I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills …” has echoed in my brain since first reading it and then hearing Meryl Streep annunciate those Danish-accented words in the movie of the same name. Blixen’s life fascinates me and when I was fortunate enough to
22 May 2015
"As I walked out of the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison." Nelson Mandela