As I was strolling through old emails this afternoon, I came across this article that my husband sent to me…and that I forgot about… We tend to think of memory as an etching on our brains, but this article steers us toward a much more fluid, living sense of memory. Food for thought.
Archive for January, 2008
Can We Erase a Memory?
Posted in history of memory, science of memory, tagged dementia, erase memory, memory loss on January 30, 2008 | Comments Off
Dementia Goes to Sundance
Posted in film, tagged dementia, Diminished Capacity, film on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Looks like there’s another new film that tackles the dementia experience. Diminished Capacity,directed by Terry Kinney, features Matthew Broderick, Alan Alda, and Virginia Madsen. Here’s how the Sundance Catalog describes it: “After a concussion leaves him unfocused, short on short-term memory, and demoted from the political pages to the comics, Cooper (Broderick), a Chicago newspaper [...]
Wendy Grows Up: The Savages
Posted in cultural phenom, film, Uncategorized, tagged dementia, The Savages on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finally! I went to see The Savages on MLK day. I saw it at Milwaukee’s “Downer” Theatre – named after the street, not the type of movies they show. The Savages isn’t an “upper” for sure. But it’s a sweet tale of a brother and sister who, at long last, wrestle with their past and [...]
Dementia Goes to the Movies: Part Two
Posted in cultural phenom, film, Uncategorized, tagged alzheimer's, Away From Her, dementia, disability films, Julie Christie, Laura Linney, Oscar nominations, sarah polley, The Savages on January 23, 2008 | Comments Off
Away From Her and The Savages were recognized in the Oscar nominations this week. Sarah Polley was nominated for Best Screenplay Adaptation for the script of Away From Her, and Julie Christie was nominated for Best Actress. Laura Linney was also nominated for Best Actress for her work in The Savages. Christie seems a shoe-in, [...]
Is it brain aging? or the “A” word?
Posted in books, cultural phenom, public education, tagged alzheimer's, brain aging, danny george, dementia, memory loss, myth of alzheimer's, peter whitehouse on January 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Peter Whitehouse and Danny George’s new book, the Myth of Alzheimer’s is newly published by St. Martin’s Press. The title is more radical than the contents. The symptoms are certainly real. But the name Alzheimer’s assumes a discreet, identifiable disease process that can be cured–and that is where the authors beg to differ. Instead, they [...]
Dementia goes to the movies
Posted in cultural phenom, film, tagged Away From Her, dementia, film and dementia, film and disability, Golden Globe, memory loss, The Savages on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Julie Christie won the Golden Globe (too bad we didn’t get to SEE it…) for Best Actress this year for her work playing Fiona in Sarah Polley’s Away From Her (2007). This winter movie season has brought a surge of films dealing with aging and disability. The latest in the dementia category is The Savages, [...]
Turned it in!
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I managed to do it…I sent the book to the publisher on December 31st on schedule. It has evolved quite a bit, and I imagine it will continue to do so with comments from the editor and reader. But for now, it is titled Forget Memory: How to Move Beyond Fear and Make Life Better [...]
