Comments on: Memory and Oral Tradition http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2008/02/14/memory-and-oral-tradition/ Sam Metcalf's blog about a new generation of leaders for the global church. Mon, 12 May 2008 02:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Keith http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2008/02/14/memory-and-oral-tradition/#comment-42740 Keith Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:58:26 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2008/02/14/memory-and-oral-tradition/#comment-42740 There's some good points to bad memory too: I know that any story that I tell a lot improves with each telling. It gets bigger, more dangerous, and meaningful. It has a life to itself. Whereas if I write it down, it's as if it's now and forever the same. If I ever write an autobiograhy, doubtful, but maybe I will just to use this line: "My memory is not very good these days. Which has exceedingly helped this account of my life to turn out much more interesting and exciting than it otherwise might have been." There’s some good points to bad memory too: I know that any story that I tell a lot improves with each telling. It gets bigger, more dangerous, and meaningful. It has a life to itself. Whereas if I write it down, it’s as if it’s now and forever the same.

If I ever write an autobiograhy, doubtful, but maybe I will just to use this line: “My memory is not very good these days. Which has exceedingly helped this account of my life to turn out much more interesting and exciting than it otherwise might have been.”

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