Brain Books

Losing one’s memory is a scary thought.  To witness someone close to you with dementia or Alzheimer’s is very disturbing.  Many of us fear losing our memory whether we have a family history of dementia, or not.  For most of us this fear is ungrounded.   We are horrified to imagine what it would be like to no longer recognize those we love and all that is familiar in our lives.  Memories give our life value and are a source of reference.  Having dementia is like tearing out, throwing away and mixing up this reference source.

Through acknowledging and exploring the issues that hold us in fear we often overcome the fear, itself.   I would like to explore the idea of dementia without the terror it conjures up.  Can we approach dementia as another way of relating to the world by delving into the unthinkable?

Remembrances and connections have been made by creative healing techniques in dementia care. Sometimes a relevant life event can be recalled by stimulating the senses through certain odors, sounds and visuals.

This is a series of three books that will explore the visual aspect of the brain and memory decomposition and a redefining of the dementia, memory loss experience. I also want to stimulate other ways of thinking about how we process and search for the familiar even in deconstructive, unfamiliar states.