Misremembering 29 January 2008

One of the aspects of memory I am going to explore comes out of an anthology on Memory which suggests that people recall the past in a flawed way.

In some cases they are convinced in their own minds that this is an authentic process but they changed their story in the very act of its retelling. In other cases it takes the form of a lie.

William Maxwell:

'In talking about the past, we lie with every breath we draw.' (Memory: An Anthology: ed. AS Byatt, 2008)

My project will include this dimension as part of my character development to show how the past is always with us but also allows us a degree of self delusion and in certain circumstances allows us to mislead or lie to others with the consequences that it brings.