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17 August 2022Creativity CornerBedtime, Bedtime Story, Berlin, Childhood, Creativity, Iron Curtain, Leuphana, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Memories, Stories, StorytellingHenrike Kattoll

Childhood Memories

By Michael Lederer

Memories are stories we tell ourselves.

Credit: Genia Chef, “Emerald Grotto,” oil on panel, 1997 (fragment); published with the artist’s permission

“When I was younger, I remember how…” We cherry-pick. We have to. Otherwise, we’d remember what we wore and ate for lunch a day before our 6th birthday, and the week before that. TMI.