![]() ![]() A dangerous decision, given that it could easily come across as preaching. A Drama Presented Through The Prism Of Memoryįor this summer’s Rossini Opera Festival production of “Otello,” the director Rosetta Cucchi used the prism of memory to present a reading in which the mental and physical abuse of women by men was its central theme. ![]() It is completely normal, therefore, for two people who witness the same event to have different memories of it, and also for people to view and understand the present in different ways. While memories can recall objective reality in a crude fashion, the connections we build between memories allied to our wildly changing emotions ensure that interpretations, and therefore memory itself, is in a constant state of flux, and in extreme cases may even lead to the development of memories which are objectively false. Yet, memory itself is often unreliable, constructed through interpretation, which is subject to the emotions experienced at the time of the event, as well as after the fact. It allows us to rationalize and contextualize tragic events, to enjoy the present, and to project the consequence of our actions into the future. It is only through memory that we can make any sense of what is around us. ![]() Without memories we are nothing but an empty shell. ![]()
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