Instructions:
By Thursday, write about a very important memory that you have. Note the details of this memory, which could include sensory information (sight, smell, noises, touch sensations, taste) and also the quality or intensity of this sensory information. Does this memory have significant life meaning to you? Does this contribute to your easy ability to recall it? How might this memory be altered if you had a problem with the areas of your brain responsible for memory?
My Work:
"Sight-Seeing"
My favorite memory in things like being in places like Saint Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuing city in the US, as a kid is probably just walking around outside; I actually lived there age 9, 10, and 11, which is 1995-1998.
The sight was so comforting and felt so real; there were little shops and some of the buildings restaurants, all around. They were preserved from a long time ago; that's why it felt so real culturally, like being more European. The smell of nature wasn't much, but you can smell the food cooking outside, at least along Saint George Street downtown. The noises were not much to remember. You can hear church chimes in the downtown area, as well. Touch sensations were not a big part of it, but you can feel the historical significance of the fort made of shells and rocks, with pieces chipped away. Taste-wise, if you eat there, it can be very savory; I particularly liked chocolate chip cookies, then.
The quality of these senses was very quaint and overly satisfying. The intensity seemed extremely impressionable.
To note the senses of the experience helps me recall some of the same feelings more, rather than just speculating on my thoughts at the time, as the environment was the trigger factor, if not the ancient human influence.
If I was traumatized possibly and exposed to an alternative out of this around the same time, I might forget it because I found something much better. Actually, I moved from Florida for the first time form here and did forget a lot of how I used to be, more intuitive and with a bigger imagination, thinking when I lived here. The lessons I learned along the way were worth it, but I wish some things were different or changed differently. I was really taken care of in Saint Augustine, with the Spanish influence. I moved to New Orleans, with French influence. After meeting more people from the city, I started to like it. I miss some of the values, security, and physical features I had before leaving Saint Augustine. I guess it was a learning experience, especially overcoming some social complications. I mainly felt alone, lost friends and didn't have the artistic and cultural stimuli of where I am from in Florida. I didn't really adapt to New Orleans like people from there, and I felt subordinate, almost, as a person. People from New Orleans were more accepted living there in many ways and didn't feel as pressured, nor shy, nor confused. I guess they were very alive in their way, regardless of things like how they looked, like size, hair color, and type of ways of thinking.