We live on our memories. No matter how we wanted them to disappear, they would not. They are just there waiting for us to remember them. The article about Memory and Imagination by Patricia Hampl clearly states the relationship between the two. I believe that our memories aren't the original memories or events that actually happened to us. Some parts of it were already taken out or even exaggerated. Those stored images with value are not the truth already. It is a version. But why do we say it's a version and not a fiction? The article was right, we invent some parts of it to achieve what we want and the way we wanted it and also our reflections about those memories. It is a version of the truth and not a fiction.
For example, we remember about our first step to school. Well, for the most part of it, it will be based from the original scenario but the details that will be added to that memory would already be the things we wanted to happen. For example, we would say that the teachers were really strict and proper with all their actions, but actually, they are not. We just wanted to emphasize that our first day of school sucks. This is why our memory is already a mixture of truth and our imagination. By the details added to these memories, we can discover what we really wanted to happen.
We must look at these added details because they are symbols that will help us discover our true self. They will let us find a window to a world deep within us that contain who we really are inside.
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