Childhood amnesia, storytelling, and the lifelong game of memory (part two)
amykenyon.substack.com
So, about that sofa which made its appearance in part one. The sofa which, by the pattern and texture of its cover, lays claim to the prize of “first memory.” There are two matters to pursue here. First, this appears to be a sense memory, one invoking the two specific senses of touch and sight. As such, it has no grammar, no words or narrative other than what I might impose upon it retrospectively. In this, it resembles a dream. Freud remarked that “words are often treated in dreams as things.” Dreams turn our latent thoughts/wishes into images or scenes (the dream’s manifest content) which we, upon waking, try to put
Childhood amnesia, storytelling, and the lifelong game of memory (part two)
Childhood amnesia, storytelling, and the…
Childhood amnesia, storytelling, and the lifelong game of memory (part two)
So, about that sofa which made its appearance in part one. The sofa which, by the pattern and texture of its cover, lays claim to the prize of “first memory.” There are two matters to pursue here. First, this appears to be a sense memory, one invoking the two specific senses of touch and sight. As such, it has no grammar, no words or narrative other than what I might impose upon it retrospectively. In this, it resembles a dream. Freud remarked that “words are often treated in dreams as things.” Dreams turn our latent thoughts/wishes into images or scenes (the dream’s manifest content) which we, upon waking, try to put