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Owl 22 - Memory

· 3 min read

Topic: Memory, frustration with having poor memory, insecurities, coming to terms with not recalling everything

Concept: record quotes from each performance prior. Read them out loud at some point? Or just list them.

  • What do we takeaway from the owl? People? Ideas? Is it for self expression mostly and building confidence?
  • This is a forcing function for me to create something.
  • Memory is selective
  • Memory is lossy
  • Hoarding
  • Backing up information

Memory is literally us. You might remember things, places, names, events, feelings, situations. Overtime it washes over. I ask myself very basic questions - what do I like, who am I, what do I want? And a less narcisistic version of this - who is your friend? what do they like? Will they like if I do this for them? Whats present should I get them? I don't ask them because I am an ancient or modern philosopher. I ask these things because I need these answers to function day to day. And I get frustrated when I can't easiliy think of an asnwer to these questions. If only I remembered what I did in my life and would know exactly what I liked how much I liked it.

Final​

Remember many performances from the last owl? Remember when it was held? Yiaks, this is not what I want to be feeling right now. Let me help prepare you and me to answer this question of utter importance for the next owl.

... read out the quotes of all performances

My memories are my life and my fragile lizard tail Today that tail will blurr, dry, and flakes set free Trying moisturising it once, probably placebo, and tomorrow I will switch to a new product, sticking with things is so old school [turns around looks at the butt] Wait where is my tail? I don't see it? Do you? Trick question, the tail is not meant to be seen by anyone directly, its only job is to power your mouth spirit and thought Its your strength source like godzilla So where is it? I just see a stub, sure my memory is not top notch but it can't go this fast? Maybe I just haven't been munching on enough life? Get complacent or lack basic lizard skills and the tail stops growing alltogether

Just for today I will not worry about tail, look straight ahead And fucking munch on today

Didn't make the cut​

Lizard life with slow cold yet worried eyes making backups and paying subscriptions for toombstones

This poem was written by chatgpt [Watching reaction of the room] JK I still have some self respect and my tail is fucking mine, the AI will do my work but keep your thinking poison free