Paradime (2016)
“I’d say I divide my time fifty-fifty between staring at the photograph and poring over the piece.
The photograph itself is wild because I look so much like Teddy Trager in it that every time I just see the image it’s as if memory cells start sprouting in my brain and I get a vague sense of having been at the photoshoot, of recalling it, of feeling it – the make-up retouches, the hair adjustments, the silky texture of the suit, the intensity of the lights, the constant click and whirr of the... camera. A little to the left, Teddy, chin down . . . eyes, eyes, that’s great . . .
But I wasn’t there, and I’ve never worn a silk suit, and my name isn’t Teddy. So is this how false memories form? And stick?
I don’t know.
When I reread the article there is no equivalent sense of familiarity or recognition. It’s all new to me, and alien. I mean . . . running a venture-capital company?MoreLess
The photograph itself is wild because I look so much like Teddy Trager in it that every time I just see the image it’s as if memory cells start sprouting in my brain and I get a vague sense of having been at the photoshoot, of recalling it, of feeling it – the make-up retouches, the hair adjustments, the silky texture of the suit, the intensity of the lights, the constant click and whirr of the... camera. A little to the left, Teddy, chin down . . . eyes, eyes, that’s great . . .
But I wasn’t there, and I’ve never worn a silk suit, and my name isn’t Teddy. So is this how false memories form? And stick?
I don’t know.
When I reread the article there is no equivalent sense of familiarity or recognition. It’s all new to me, and alien. I mean . . . running a venture-capital company?MoreLess
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