Is Memory a Crossroads?

       Looking at the part of the film The 50 Year Argument  about The New York Review of Books which I had missed seeing, I saw another quote I thought shouldn't be left out of this blog:


           "Memory arises not only from direct experience but from the                      intercourse of many minds."


It's taken from an essay in the Review by Oliver Sachs of February 21, 2013  called "Speak, Memory."

       Whether we're talking about how we recall a 50 year period argued over by many fine minds, or we're talking about our own individual memories, they have been constructed of what many people's narratives have contributed to.

       Which is why we read or listen or share words at all.