tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1495398606806280037..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Memoirs and memoriesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-18401616773656439612019-04-03T22:03:03.755-04:002019-04-03T22:03:03.755-04:00I think it’s possible to leave out a memorable per...I think it’s possible to leave out a memorable person or event in one’s writings because it might prove too psychologically or emotionally difficult to bring up. It might be too raw to relive the memory as it were.<br /><br />For example, I have a friend who was a firsthand eyewitness to the Boston Marathon bombing (2013). She saw it right as it happened. All she has said to me was she saw body parts flying up into the air. In any case, it’s too traumatic for her to talk at length about. Let alone write about. Even today.<br /><br />Another example, I have deceased relatives whom I dearly loved, but I don’t think I could bring myself to talk about them at length except to trusted friends.<br /><br />It may or may not be relevant that the Gospel writers willingly wrote the Gospels despite the loss of their friend and, indeed, Lord. Of course, that’s counterbalanced by the fact that Jesus rose again. As well as by the fact that a lot of time had elapsed. Indeed, maybe one reason (among several other good reasons) the Gospel writers didn't immediately write the Gospels was because they needed time to process everything as well as because to do so would have brought back some painful memories that they didn't wish to relive quite yet. Then again, maybe all this is irrelevant and inapplicable to the Gospels.Epistle of Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779184015407034200noreply@blogger.com