I always find that nostalgia is sort of like memory without the pain. And that's why it feels so good to kind of bask in that, and I think it can be deceptively comforting.
People in cities may forget the soil for as long as a hundred years, but Mother Nature's memory is long and she will not let them forget indefinitely.
Justice Ginsburg is a shining example of how one person can impact our world and truly make a difference. May her memory be a blessing.
My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.
My memory seems to be holding on quite well. There is no reason why it shouldn't if you keep training it.
I don't remember the very first animation I saw, but the one that stays deepest in my memory is definitely 'Astro Boy.'
My most vivid memory - it's actually one of my first memories - I was three, and I was the youngest angel in the show production. And I remember being absolutely desperate for the toilet. I needed to wee really badly. So I was crossing my legs when I was walking down.
Memory training is not just for the sake of performing party tricks; it's about nurturing something profoundly and essentially human.
However much, as readers, we lose ourselves in a novel or story, fiction itself is an experience on the order of memory -not on the order of actual occurrence.
I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves to be remembered.