Imperfect

memory of memories

Inspired by Ram's memory.

Speaking of memory, how about memory of memories?

Good memory of good memories can warm your heart. Has what was good soured to where you miss it?

Good memory of bad memories and their pain teaches you lessons. Does your headspace allow you to hear and learn from them?

Bad memory of good memories can lead others to fill in the gap. While you regain a part of yourself, what else are you missing?

The same goes for bad memory of bad memories. Have you distanced or grown enough away from the experience such that it's palatable?

I would love to hear your experience of any or all of the above cases. What kinds of effects have you felt from them?

Speaking of time, it's wonderful how much meaning people pack into such few words.

Concise, closed-ended, and impersonal accounts can be valuable just like complex, open-ended, and people-shaped slices of life.

I could deep dive into the memory of memories for hours and days. Would that even capture all of their benefits, pitfalls, and other nuances? In a much shorter amount of time, I could also dust the topic off as I have above. It's ready to be remixed by yours truly or anyone else. Finality can remain an illusion: just peer into any digital garden or similar virtual space. What level of polish induces creative consistency for you (which itself can produce extremely underrated audience comfort)?

Ram says:

One common denominator is the passage of time.

Knowing that, we can strive to sweet spot our expenditure of time between neglect and burnout. No matter how difficult the path is, there is always a way forward. You can find it.

The more present you become, the less you fade from memory. The fun part is that you don't even have to be present to be present.

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