Phyo Week 15 - Value of Memory
Memory serves probably the most important purpose in our lives. There is no life without memory. Without memory you would not be able to read this blog I’m writing. Without memory, I cannot write this blog, or any of my other blogs. I don’t think I can quite stress enough how much memory matters in our lives.
The value in childhood friends would disappear without memories. The concept of childhood friends is a thing because of our memories. These core values we hold are due to memories. Have I said the word “memories” enough times yet?
No? Okay, I’ll continue.
Anyways, think about anything that makes you happy. Why does this item make you happy? Because it makes you feel good? Now why is that? Because of the memories attached to it. You had a previous fun experience with it for you to either have a sense of attachment or hold a sense of value for it. This all roots from your memories. Memories, memories, memories. The building block of humans. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell but memories are the powerhouses of humans. Sorta.
Ok, I wanted to sound clever there but it didn’t work. Let’s forget that. Except we can’t. At least not yet. And why’s that you may wonder? Because of memory, you will temporarily have that terrible attempt at being clever in your head. So I guess in terms of that, memory isn’t such a valuable thing. Memory is the most interesting concept about humans and the more I think about it, the more confusing it gets.
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Hello! I love the style that you took with this blog. It is immersive. It draws the reader in with questions about their favorite items which causes them to think and engage with the writing material then what I liked especially was the ploy afterward when you called out the reader for picking an item that was associated with memory because I was definitely one of those types of people. I picked my water bottle and my immediate justification was the fact that I have had it for so long and thus it provides a sense of comfort to me. But this was also something I was thinking about recently. There is a large correlation between our attachment to people and the memories that we have associated with them. I was recently talking to a friend about how long we have known one another and was shocked to realize how long it has been. 11 years. 11 years I have known him, yet we were not particularly close until more recently and we had bonded over the fact that we had gone to the same elementary school. I think that it is strange to think that we have such complex memory ties with all types of different students which in turn influence how deeply we are able to bond with one another. And it is even stranger to think that all these things that feel so visceral now, will feel so distant in the future.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don’t understand the image you provided, I liked the overall nature of your blog. I honestly love talking about memory. Psychology interests me, and I feel that everyone should find it interesting. Our cognitive functions are a universal trait, so why not? We fire billions of neurons a second. Just a number of that magnitude should spark some curiosity in humans, which is exactly what your blog does. I appreciate how you gradually went from introducing your claim about memory to showing how it impacts you and others in real time. However, I couldn’t help but notice that you rushed at the end. Perhaps a smoother transition into what you think about memory, or more contextualization, would strengthen your blog. The uneven structure of your blog doesn’t help that much; you should definitely add more volume to the first and second paragraphs. Besides that, I see a lot of great ideas, and I never fail to enjoy reading your blogs.
ReplyDeleteHey Phyo, I really enjoyed your blog on how memory is important in our lives. I agree when you say memory matters a lot in our lives. If humans had no memory, we would literally all just die because we would forget how to do basic human needs. Like you said, we need memories in our lives. Memories keep us human, and they also make us who we are. For example, if someone remembers that they had a bad reaction when eating spicy food, they most likely will not like spicy food. Or if someone remembers that they got attacked by a dog when they were little, they would most likely not like dogs. What I'm getting at is that memories shape us, and that is why they are so important for us humans. Your blog helped me understand that memories we hold on to. Overall, your blog was very enjoyable to read due to its personal tone, and it also helped me realize new aspects of memory I had not considered.
ReplyDeleteHello Phyo! You always have this funny style that you employ in your blogs that I find quite enjoyable. I think your unique sense of humor really brings these blogs to life and makes them feel less like an assignment, so I wanted to point that out and commend you on that. You're right that we tend to take our memories for granted. We forget that memories are something that even though we are constantly making them, they're so fragile and so influential to our lives. It's true that the things we tend to remember, or even put in effort to, are the things that we hold dear to us. Even if we hold them dear to us negatively - anything that's really personal. But we forget to value our memory because of how available it is to us. As teenagers, as young people in considerable health, we don't really think about the fact that one day all this could just be gone in a split second. All of our memories could just vanish into thin air the way they do for people with PTSD or with Dementia or Alzheimer's. It's really a scary thought to think about. I noticed that you have included a photo of Coco from the movie, and I think that's a really interesting choice you made because just like many elderly people, Coco has lost her memory and it takes a melody from Miguel in order to bring it back to her. Until then, she's pretty much in a vegetative state, and it's really sad to see throughout the film. But it connects back to the fact that she held the song dear and that's why upon hearing it, she got emotional and remembered where she was and who sang it. So thank you for bringing light to this fact! Great Blog!
ReplyDeleteHello Phyo! Your short but immersize style as Nanki puts it intrigued me into reading it. In the movie, Coco is the perfect example of memories being forgotten when they are not used, but what memories are actually important to us? Which memories do our brains chose to remember?
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