As usual, I am doing a cheesy mood board thing like this. This was from last week, but I did not get a chance to explain it. Nevertheless, I am better at writting my ideas down instead of speaking up.
There are basically two types of forgetfulness. One is that the memory is totally lost (deleted), and the other is that the memory is there but can not be retrieved at a particular moment (called retrieval failure). In this project, I focus on the latter since if you do not remember what you forget, you will not even realize you forget something.
As I find more information about retrieval failure, I have a metaphor for it. Memory functions as if wires and plugs coming out of our heads and connecting to the thoughts (bubbles, which is a quite cliche metaphor). The thoughts are not inside our brains, but floating all around, which is more convenient for the wires to plug in. When the wires are unplugged, the thought bubbles fly away, and that is the way you forget things.
Forgetful people, I believe, their plugs are easier to fall off, so it is easier for them to forget things. I am one of those people with loose plugs.
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