What drew me in to Gweneviere's story is the fact that she lives without a short-term memory. I wanted to hear how it affected her firsthand. Gweneviere has trouble remembering things like what day it is and when was the last time she had a meal so I added pictures of a calendar and food. She had brain surgery to remove a tumor in 2008 so I added a picture of a woman on an operating table. Gweneviere has this fear that one day she will turn eighty years old and she won't remember the last forty years of her life. This is why I added a picture of an older woman and the same calendar that has multiple pages. After her surgery, Gweneviere began to experience something called confabulations. A confabulation is when the brain fills in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts. She used to think she was in San Francisco and that one of her co-workers was her mother, so I added pictures of the Golden Gate bridge and a woman who isn't her mother. Gweneviere was also confused regarding her relationship status with her boyfriend Yasir. She used to think that they were broken up, when in fact they were very much still together and even live together- so I added a picture of a couple whose experiencing some difficulties. Gweneviere says that one positive thing that came out of losing her short-term memory was running the NYC Marathon with Yasir. Yasir would tell her to not look at the mile markers so she wouldn't know how long she's been running and would convince her that it's only been ten minutes until they were able to reach the finish line. I added pictures of the NYC marathon, a mile marker, a watch, and an actual picture of the couple holding their medals.
No comments:
Post a Comment