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the elusive qualities of associative memory (was 'david')

associative memory... i like that.  it's fun when i try to recall something 
i've read.  'so, i read this article, and it was sooo interesting, it was 
about this theory- i can't remember what it was called, but it was about how 
these things relate to these other things, and they said that 67% of people 
agree!  okay, maybe it was 75%.  well, it was interesting...'

i barely hear music on the first listen, too.  and i rarely even think to 
notice the lyrics until, oh, about the 80th listen or so.




>From: Nathan Swartzendruber <fishpatrol at fuse_net>
>Reply-To: Nathan Swartzendruber <fishpatrol at fuse_net>
>To: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: david
>Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:20:54 -0400
>
>
>i'm right with you here. i think i'd call it an associative memory, myself. 
>i remember the connections between things better than the things 
>themselves. i can remember where i met someone, a few things about them, 
>maybe even a line or two they said, but not their name. :) likewise i seem 
>to be really good at seeing an actor in a movie and naming some other film 
>they've been in, even if they look older/younger. again, not much luck with 
>their names.
>
>when it comes to music it's just as tangled. at first listen, especially, i 
>hardly even hear the music; it's all associations with other music or 
>places or people or emotions, and most of it below the conscious surface. 
>with multiple listens, i start to get into the music itself and its 
>interconnectedness, the web within the web. and that spawns (in a network 
>sense) new connections, new associations to follow. again, mostly 
>subconsciously. and when a connection completes and a phrase or idea sparks 
>above the surface, well i write it down. and then i start searching for 
>more. rinse and repeat, and that's another day. :)
>
>nathan
>
>
> > although, the more i think about it, i
> > wonder if 'visual' is even the right term to describe how i understand
> > things- i think it might be more along the lines of 'atmospheric' or
> > 'non-literal.'
>
>
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