The Unwritten Word

Well, how about memory?
Every time you recall a story, your brain is actually rebuilding a story... not retrieving it.
Over time, subtle differences will compound, and a story you have been telling for years might not be what happened at all.
It will certainly be different than another person’s account of it.
Maybe wildly so.
Story could be a collection of first-hand accounts that have subtle or not-so-subtle differences.
Or one person’s story retold over many years...

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