My Story (and I’m sticking to it)
By Seraphine Khorana on November 17th, 2009Posted In: Comics
I sometimes can't remember what I did yesterday, much less a week ago. Somebody in a crosswalk walked in front of me as I was driving- what was he wearing? What did I eat for lunch? Where did I lay my glasses? I don't consider myself stupid, but why can't I remember?
People are overly optimistic about the accuracy of their retrieved memories, probably because most errors have little practical consequence and go unnoticed. Given the confidence in their own memory accuracy, people have too much faith in the accuracy of eyewitnesses. Memory has a multitude of quirks and inaccuracies that creep into its everyday operation.
Quotation from Marc Green, Phd, Eyewitness Memory is Unreliable
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Umm… I forgot what I was going to say.
yeah somewhere along the line i lost my short term memory for the most part, and that mean long term in the long term lol even a hit and run car accident that changed my life, i have trouble remembering the details, love the stove picture lol
I’m glad someone else lays things down and can’t remember where. Another cool panel.
I love that collection of images. Love their tones, love their content. And it speaks to a human frailty that we don’t own up to—too much. So true, though.
Lovely light and textures in your images Sera:) I love the post too…I think beyond a point we tend to have selective memory…throwing out the minor things and retaining only the important stuff!!
There’s not enough space in my brain to store memories
Oups! I’m just a donkey!
My brain is not computerized!
at first , i love the tones of your pics, a lot !!
and i forget almost all , except my visit in your world every day …
je te remercie, bisous*
Memories are quite plastic and malleable. Recent research indicates that just the act of accessing a memory introduces the risk of alteration since accessing the memory literally wipes it from our memory and after we are done with it, it needs to be restored.
I think I have a pretty good memory (don’t we all?). But there is lots I don’t remember – there is no need to.
Your photos are superb and in accordance with your drawings …
I do not remember what I wanted to say …oh yes! There are dates that mark our lives and our memories even arrange some reality! Have a good day, Seraphine!
Not enough room in a daily brain to remember everything and that’s a good thing. I remember what moves me (positive & negative), the rest to the garbage can on the left of my skull. Tchak !
) Super presentation/illustration with your pix, S*
There was a yesterday? well…geesh…Love this, too true..My memory only works with songs
Very nicely composed alibi, but willit stand up in court? :0
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
I hope YOU are feeling FABULOUS!
xo
En plus, avancé dans l’age n’arrange pas!
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We all have our blind spots both physical and otherwise. Opinions can be an encumbrance.
Beautiful compositions. Have a good day. Antoine.
hahahhaa
you are so fun
all my kisses!
Terrific! I read once that memories are never accurate because they are always a recreation of what’s happened and never the actual events which “change” over time.
Yep i forget what i came into a room for sometimes. Now that is a severe lack of short term memory.
I love the way you’ve presented your story. The way you presented those shots. Because I think the memories are the shots taken by our mind the way we wanted to see things, We framed it, cropped it, the perspective etc. etc. the way we wanted it. And that’s what we remember. While someone else might a completely different angle to the story.
But… I am just sticking to my story.
This subject is so timely in terms of my life right now it’s a wee bit scary. The more time I spend with my mother, the more trouble I seem to have remembering things!
(I’m sure I had something else pertinent to say – just can’t remember what it was…)
…why can’t you remember ? it’s because you, me and everyone else are victims of government mind control… :-0
Love today’s comic! Great illustrations which show that sometimes, one doesn’t need a lot of words to get the idea across.
On a side note, I read a lot of thrillers and I have always wondered if I’d have an good alibi if I was ever questioned. Probably not actually.
This brings back a recent memory of my trip to traffic court where I was contesting a citation for use of my cell phone and I told the judge my recollection of the conversation with the police officer and it was completely different from his story of our conversation. I figured at that point that my memory just stinks!
Great points you make today!
Je me rappelle être passé ici!
I remember I was here yesterday
i am also very short circuit when it comes to remembering things. i am just glad i am still able to teach LOL
I will never forget witnessing a car accident years ago on an icy road, Seraphine. I stayed behind and had to write up my account for the police. Later, when I had a chance to read the reports of other eye-witnesses, I remember being totally aghast at what I read…because the other witnesses saw something very different from what I saw. So your quote is right on. Even if we know what we saw, it doesn’t mean it was exactly what happened!
You are dead on.. great series too… really like these small strips of yours
I remember taking an art class and hearing something like: our vision sees about 10% of things around us, and the mind fills in the rest, either through memory or assumption. Something of that nature, not positive it’s accurate, but it sounds about right.