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On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 12:33 +0100, Dominic Fox wrote: > Dementia sometimes gives way to brief episodes of lucidity, which I > gather can be very distressing (perhaps like encountering oneself as > another not knowing). Lyric poetry as a kind of lucid episode? > > Dominic Dominic, I like this image very much. I can run some way with the idea of (eg) lyric as lucid moments in the midst of aphasia. Yes, I do like the idea. I had, speaking of dementia, read Stephen's blog. I was carer for my mother during her last painful wheelchair years so this was a bit too close, hence I skimmed and could be forgiven for this, I would expect. I am very fortunate that I can recover from CFS related dementia and it is not a good idea to try and get back into this memory, however, beyond this I also seem to be surrounded by dementia. Henri Bergson spent ten years researching aphasia before writing Matter and Memory and I can get a sense of his intense interests. Have yet to read posts on narrative yet.... best Chris Jones.