Memory and nostalgia
The self
idea
Memory involves the whole body. It’s how the self defies amnesia
People with anterograde amnesia can’t rely on memory alone for their sense of self. Instead, they remember with their body
by Ben Platts-Mills
Imagination
idea
Aphantasia can be a gift to philosophers and critics like me
Aphantasia veils the past and the future from the mind’s eye. That can be a gift to philosophers like Derek Parfit and me
by Mette Leonard Høeg
Photography
film
One photo per day for more than a year, exploring how rituals affect memory
Directed by Scott Thrift
The self
idea
Sudden amnesia showed me the self is a convenient fiction
Sudden amnesia let me experience what Buddhists and philosophers have been saying all along about the existence of the self
by Steven Hales
Psychiatric medication
idea
Benzos calmed my anxiety, but my memory became a deep fog
With anxiety levels rising during the pandemic, a corresponding rush on benzodiazepine use could have a huge toll on memory
by Alex Smith
Rituals and celebrations
film
Rituals and memories animate a day in the serene life of an Italian grandmother
Directed by Maria Piva
Thinkers and theories
idea
What Arthur Schopenhauer learned about genius at the asylum
‘Might not madness be a mere derangement of memory?’ What Arthur Schopenhauer learnt when he went into the asylum
by David Bather Woods
Altered states
idea
Déjà vu is just one of many uncanny kinds of déjà experiences
What can the many types of déjà experiences that most people have tell us about reality, memory and the gaps in between?
by Art Funkhouser
Traditional arts
film
Scottish Gaelic songs send a message in a bottle across the oceans of time
Directed by Jamie Chambers