“[The Polaroid camera is] a system that will be a partner in perception, enabling us to see the objects in the world around us more vividly than we can see them without it, a system to be an aid to memory and a tool for exploration.” WorldMemoriesObjectsPerceptionToolsCamerasAidsPartnersExplorationEnablingPolaroids Author:Edwin Land
“Drinking wine is easy: tilt glass and swallow. Really tasting wine is more of a challenge. You need the proper tools and environment, the ability to concentrate, a good memory and a vivid imagination.” NeedsEasyImaginationChallengesMemoriesAbilityEnvironmentToolsWineDrinkingGlassesVividGood MemoriesTastingDrinking WineTiltVivid Imagination Author:Marvin Shanken
“Memory is a wonderfully useful tool, and without it judgement does its work with difficulty; it is entirely lacking in me.... Now,the more I distrust my memory, the more confused it becomes. It serves me better by chance encounter; I have to solicit it nonchalantly. For if I press it, it is stunned; and once it has begun to totter, the more I probe it, the more it gets mixed up and embarrassed. It serves me at its own time, not at mine.” IfsDoeSelfMemoriesChanceMinesJudgmentToolsDifficultyPressesJudgementConfusedEncountersLackingEmbarrassedDistrustStunnedChance Encounters Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.” WayHandsMemoriesTeachingCreatingToolsBridgesReachingReach OutConnectingEngraved Author:Dani Shapiro
“Fish are complex beings who choose mates, use words to communicate, build nests, cooperate with one another to find food, have long-term memories, and use tools.” LongUseTermMemoriesToolsComplexesFishesCommunicateLong TermMatesNests Author:Sharon Gannon