I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?
Interpretation
Memory is not simply a recollection of facts but a reconstruction shaped by our experiences and perceptions.
Chris Marker's quote explores the complex nature of memory and forgetting. It suggests that our memories are not static recordings, but rather fluid narratives that we reconstruct based on our current understanding and emotions. This idea emphasizes that remembering is intertwined with forgetting, as they both play a vital role in shaping our perception of the past. In essence, our memories are more like a rewritten history than a direct reflection of what has occurred.
In practice
In a discussion about how people's perceptions of the same event can differ, this quote highlights the subjective nature of memory.
Who said that time heals all wounds? It would be better to say that time heals everything - except wounds. With time, the hurt of separation loses its real limits. With time, the desired body will soon disappear, and if the desiring body has already ceased to exist for the other, then what remains is a wound, disembodied.
Nothing sorts out memories from ordinary moments. It is only later that they claim remembrance, when they show their scars.
Anarchism...stands for direct action, the open defiance of, and resistance to, all laws and restrictions, economic, social, and moral.
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are empty and vain. How shall he, then, mortify sin that has not the Spirit? A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'
My worthy friend, gray are all theories_x000D_ _x000D_ And green alone Life's golden tree.
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