Comments on: how we got here from there

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:51:59 +0000

I’m so glad that they’ve arrived and that you like them! Thanks for letting me know.

By: waggledance

waggledance — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:44:10 +0000

They’ve arrived! And they are wonderful – so thank you for the intro (again) … AT is my kind of writer and Thinking About Memoir is THE perfect book (shape, size, feel, weight etc) and Safekeeping has to go on my list of favourites…

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:31:16 +0000

aagghh!

By: waggledance

waggledance — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:06:16 +0000

Books – I’ve ordered two. And there’s a postal strike here…sob!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:57:29 +0000

Yay! Let me know how you like the book!

By: waggledance

waggledance — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:07:54 +0000

And thank you for introducing me to Abigail Thomas – I’m impatiently waiting for Amazon to do their stuff …

By: cynthia

cynthia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:29:58 +0000

Cyberchuck and Cal–I completely agree that what happened, happened. And that the event can be reconstructed through photos, audio recordings, and eye-witness reports.

What I’m beginning to understand, though, is that my memory of the event is separate from that event and is similar to “my opinion” of something–in that it is neither right nor wrong, and neither is it fact. And that it may say more about me than about the event.

Cyberchuck, you may want to add Irish writer Anne Enright’s The Gathering, which won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, to the lone book on your fiction shelf. Enright uses memories to contribute to the authenticity of the story, as well as to create its narrative.

By: cal

cal — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:30 +0000

Correct Cyberchuck! What happened, happened. While the memories may be different, from a factual standpoint only one is “correct.”

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:01:12 +0000

I love that line too, Judy. And I agree. I do think our lives are shaped by our memories, particularly with regard to what’s important to us. We often go after something that will give us the same feeling as the one we remember having when…

It’s nice to see you here. Hope you’ll be back!

By: cyberchuck

cyberchuck — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:50:34 +0000

No right or wrong memories? I guess that’s kinda true, unless, of course, you’re a trial lawyer with a witness on the stand…