Where Does Our Memory Go? by Lexi Novak https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz Memory Disorders: This exhibition explores memory disorders, how memory shapes our lives, and the complexity of memory itself. Without our memory, what do we have left? Where Does Our Memory Go? This exhibition explores the mysteries surrounding human memory, and the frailty of it. From music and film, to poetry and science, this artifact provides several different perspectives on memory and how we lose it. The reason we lose our memories is captured below, as well as renowned stores of individuals who have suffered such loss. Through art, we explore the workings of the brain, what our lives would appear as without memory, and also what is left of life if we can't remember it. This exhibition aims to answer all the questions about memory disorders and is created as a guide to prompt your own ideas about memory loss. With scientific based articles, documentaries, and artistic depictions of our memories fading to dust, this artifact contains the answers you have about your memory, and what life would be if you had to live without it. en-us 2021-01-11 02:06:51 UTC 2025-10-23 04:23:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e9.png Oliver Sacks- The Lost Mariner lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072499709 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.]]> 2021-01-11 02:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072499709 lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072506395 "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".
]]> 2021-01-11 02:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072506395 lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072519579 Once our memories fade, our abilities to make connections, perform daily life activities and tasks, and neuronal connections fade too.]]> 2021-01-11 02:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072519579 Cognitive Causes of Memory Loss lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072531708 Why might you lose your memory? These are some factors related to memory loss:
 

]]> 2021-01-11 02:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072531708 A Burning Sky by Styno lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072560714
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.

]]> 2021-01-11 02:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072560714 How Memories Form and How We Lose Them lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072599962 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. ]]> 2021-01-11 03:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072599962 lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072840975 A depiction of how a mind would look as memories fade. ]]> 2021-01-11 06:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1072840975 Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1077016859 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?
]]> 2021-01-12 04:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1077016859 Dementia lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085283798 Loss of cognitive functioning; including thinking, memory and reasoning.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.]]> 2021-01-13 23:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085283798 Clive Wearing lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085293116 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.]]> 2021-01-13 23:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085293116 Chris Mann- Remember Me (An Anthem for Alzheimer's Disease) lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085537947 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"
]]> 2021-01-14 01:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085537947 Illinois Teen's Memory Resets Every Two Hours lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085566724 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."]]> 2021-01-14 02:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085566724 Creative Component lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085607120 Included here is my creative component, depicting a mind losing its memory vs. one that is still intact. ]]> 2021-01-14 02:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1085607120 Lynda Barry lexivn24 https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1089229855 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?]]> 2021-01-14 20:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lexivn24/n37raqj1mohtyljz/wish/1089229855