The Aesthetic Life
I estimate I've learned to pay attending to what my mom remembers. That helps me know what actually matters to her.
By Claudia Marshall-Apers
Baca Juga
Why exercise some memories shape spell others fail? Hmmm.
When I was learning how to learn fine art to simple schoolhouse children, I had to larn how nosotros learn, how nosotros retrieve as well as how nosotros know.
It turns out that nosotros “know” inwards many to a greater extent than ways than nosotros would expect.
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Art, for example, is a means of “knowing” the basis – both making fine art as well as looking at art. We tin “know” inwards many ways apart from reading, writing as well as talking. We likewise brand stronger memories when 2 dissimilar areas of the encephalon are involved – words as well as music together for example. I for ane tin retrieve every discussion of every java commercial that was out when I was a kid (“Chock amount of nuts is that heavenly coffee”...). I flora out most the importance of the aesthetic sense – something y'all sense alongside all of your senses as well as faculties as well as emotions brand stronger memories alongside to a greater extent than connections inwards the brain.
I estimate I knew all of this inwards theory exactly as well as thus ane day, final Fall for the commencement fourth dimension inwards her life, my mom, Pauline, at historic menstruum 89, fed a Equus caballus out of her hand. This was over 5 months ago. She remembered it that day, the adjacent day, as well as has talked most it consistently since. She fifty-fifty wrote most it inwards a missive of the alphabet to her grandson – how gentle the Equus caballus was as well as thus overnice as well as he could bring bitten off my mitt if he wanted to exactly he didn't.
So, obviously the deeply forgetful tin hold upward real rememberful when the weather condition are right. They don't retrieve that they ate breakfast? So what. Maybe the fact that they ate breakfast isn't that of import later all. It didn't bring an impact. Maybe past times forgetting for certain things they are education us something – what actually matters inwards life at the terminate of the day.
I estimate I've learned to pay attending to what my mom remembers. That helps me know what actually matters to her. I endeavour to assist her exercise novel memories that tin entirely hold upward formed alongside all of her senses as well as emotions I endeavour to assist her alive an Aesthetic Life.
Claudia Marshall-Apers is the full-time caregiver to her mom, Pauline, who is inwards the moderate to severe stages of Alzheimer's/dementia. Claudia is a transplant from New York where she was born as well as raised as well as instantly lives inwards the beautiful landscape of Rio Rancho New United Mexican United States alongside her married adult man as well as eighteen as well as 21-year-old sons, when they are home, along alongside their Canis familiaris Cinnamon. Claudia holds a Master's inwards Art Education as well as is currently working on a serial of artwork most Alzheimer's/dementia.
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