Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Gift of Memory
I have been watching a show about Clive Wearing. He has the worst case of amnesia ever recorded. He cannot remember more than 30 seconds and thus lives in the perpetual 'now'. Actually he lives in the 30 seconds since he woke from his coma. Every moment is the moment he woke up. The only person he recognizes is his wife, which brings me to my small observation. Every time she walks into a room, Clive greets her like she's been gone for months. With pure innocence, he lavishes love on his wife.
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Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it. I believe I may be paraphrasing, but you get the gist. Perhaps, this gentleman is attempting to escape something frightful?
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