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In Lynda Barry's What It Is, she explores memory through art and how our memories shape our lives. She asks "what is the past made of," and although a complex question, she pulls out pieces to form a collage of ideas supporting an answer. Her collages provide a splurge of thoughts surrounding the question at hand. What is the past made of?

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Chris Mann- Remember Me (An Anthem for Alzheimer's Disease)

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Chris Mann- Remember Me (An Anthem for Alzheimer's Disease)

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Chris Mann tells an emotional story of memory loss in his song "Remember Me". This song shows the reality of memory loss, and those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

His most powerful lyrics include:

"The memory of me will fade, but darling think of me and who I used to be and I'll be right there with you again. "

"I hope I'm one thing worth not forgetting, tell me that you'll never let me go."

"When I can't find the words I'm trying to speak, when I don't know the face in the mirror I see"

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Chris Mann - Remember Me (An Anthem for Alzheimer's Disease)

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Catharine Young explores the mechanisms of memory, how memories are formed, and what factors contribute to our memory loss.

"We have to use our brain, or risk losing it."

"As we get older, synapses begin to falter and weaken, affecting how easily we can retrieve memories."

Suggestions for aiding the brain in restoring memory are also provided in Catherine Young's video.

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How memories form and how we lose them - Catharine Young

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"You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all ..."

-Luis Bunuel

In order to fully understand what life is like to live without our memories, we must first begin to lose them. In this instance, we will discover that a "life without memory is no life at all".

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A burning sky,
a gentle embrace
I hope that in the end
I'll still remember your face

My mind is fleeting
Years have gone in months,
mere seconds in remembrance;
I am slowly getting lost

My presence is nothing more
than a standard for living
I can't remember the sorrow I had
or the love I have given

A monotone existence
overshadows the shame
I see familiar faces
but slowly lose their names

I can still feel the warmth in embraces
your love is not lost to me,
but in thoughts that are slowly disappearing;
it is all I come to be

I forget your visits
or who is my family,
but I hope in the end;
it is all I ever see

I can still feel the warmth in embraces
your love is not lost to me,
but in thoughts that are slowly disappearing;
it is all I come to be

A telling poem of memories, how important they are to us, and what it is like as they fade away.

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Clive Wearing is a British citizen who fell ill to the herpes simplex virus. As a result, he developed a striking and remarkable form of anterograde amnesia. Wearing does not remember much of his life prior to 1985. However, he is aware of his wife, Deborah, and his kids but is unable to remember their names. He is known as "The Man with a 7 Second Memory".

His story is told in a book written by his wife Deborah Forever Today, and also the documentary The Man with the 7 Second Memory. He is also featured in a documentary series Time, where his story of losing his sense of time is portrayed.

Once a renowned musician and conductor, Wearing suffered great brain damage. Yet, his memory of music has remained intact.

This video shows his safety net, music that is, which holds the puzzle pieces of his memory together.

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Life Without Memory: The Case of Clive Wearing [with CC]

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A depiction of how a mind would look as memories fade.

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A Home for the Aged patient named Jimmie displayed a telling form of memory loss. Jimmie seemed to be stuck in the 1945, back when he was a 19-year old mariner. He was able to recall great detail of the World War and memories associated with his young self. Yet, all the memories made since then he was unable to recall. However, he was still able to solve complex puzzles and problems.

This is a telling case of how an individual can lose their memory, be unaware of that loss, and only remember certain points of their life. Could this be associated with trauma, and that is why it is a memory that was spared by his condition?
Explore Jimmie's story in Oliver Sack's The Lost Mariner.

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Once our memories fade, our abilities to make connections, perform daily life activities and tasks, and neuronal connections fade too.

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Illinois Teen's Memory Resets Every Two Hours

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Illinois Teen's Memory Resets Every Two Hours

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An Illinois teen who suffered a brain injury tells her experience with memory loss. She struggles in school to remember the lesson from the day prior. Each day, she still thinks it is June 11th, until her peers reassure her of "This Day in History."

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Illinois Teen Closer to Diagnosis After Her Mysterious Memory Loss Gains International Attention

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Loss of cognitive functioning; including thinking, memory and reasoning.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.

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This is a love story in which Joel and Clementine seek to erase their memories of one another after a hard breakup. However, does memory alone maintain the connections we have with one another? Joel and Clementine are able to divert from the erasure procedure and meet in Montauk, essentially restarting their love story. This is without knowing that their love story every existed.

"Joel, look at me. You'll remember me in the morning, and you'll come to me, and you'll tell me about us, and we'll start over."- Clementine

She also tells him to meet her in Montauk, which he later unconsciously does.

This film proposes new questions about our memories. Is our memory this fragile that it can all be erased by new technology? Is this technology similar to amnesia or the mechanisms used therapies?

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Included here is my creative component, depicting a mind losing its memory vs. one that is still intact.

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Why might you lose your memory? These are some factors related to memory loss:

Aging

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Distraction

Natural Memory Ability