Tristan asked me a question a few nights ago while trying to convince me to go out: Do you live for the sake of living or do you live for the stories? That got me thinking, and the two days in Eger have made me realize how much of my life I've probably forgotten. Take a second and think about all the things you don't remember. Sounds a bit silly, but to not make a conscious effort to remember all the good and important times is a mistake, in my opinion.
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, just as an intelligence without the possibility of expression is not really an intelligence. Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing.
Luis Bunuel
1900-1983, Spanish Film Director
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Memory is what makes our lives
This weekend we all went to a town north-east of Budapest on a trip organized by ESN (the committe taking care of us exchange students). Amidst the fun and drinking I kept thinking about a quote by Luis Bunuel that I read a few years ago:
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Hey guys! I love your blog, I hope you don't mind me checking it out from time to time :)
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the night buses, I can help, coz I live only a few blocks away from you! :) See you!! :) Reni