Memory Tolerance makes our lives easier. You consult a dictionary and find a definition about a human being, beauty of human heart, broad-mindness and freedom, whereas memory is of biological character. It gets lost in synapses and escapes scientists. It avoids glass and eye, it is transitory and mysterious. It often is hard, sometimes is burdensome or deceitful. It is a subterfuge. But it differentiates man from animals. It allows not only individuals but also all generations and societies to change, develop and learn. It gives strength. It is a prerequisite of cultural existence and national identity, both comprised of success and defeats of societies. It sometimes hiccups because the truth is inconvenient. There were repeated events in our history when memory was used as a tool of manipulation because somebody wanted our past your memory, the truth about the past is always rooted in us all. The past is one of the elements of our existence, character and reality. It is a part of us. Our past means co-existence of various cultures, the need of combining different temperaments and characters. An art of compromise. Beauty of variety. And this is what we all desire to remember about.
Joanna Bednarska |