The persistence of memory? Bwahaha! I wish!

Ever wondered how long your memory of something important will last? Like, for example, how to drive a particular piece of software that you used to drive all day, every day, until you took about ten months away from it with a headache that wouldn't quit? Uh huh.

I do this kind of stuff:

And there's quite a lot of skill involved in doing it right. Now: take ten months out and come back to it. Turn the computer on. Boot up the software.

Go utterly blank.

Make tea. Think. Hard. Jog your memory ... and tell yourself, don't do it again! Because you think this stuff is hard-wired into your brain, but the truth is, it's floating on the surface like apples in a big bath of cider. Suddenly you're bobbing for memories and trying not to panic!

Carl Sagan coined the phrase, "The persistence of memory." There's an episode of the classic Cosmos bearing that title. I wonder whose memory he was referring to? Not mine! Mine seems to be as ephemeral as the thistledown that was so iconic in Professor Sagan's fingers!

As Dave says, "Fudgesickles." So, have some more of my art, just for the fun of it, while you're here:

Yes, this artwork is done with a computer. It's not done by a computer ... believe me, there's a world of difference!