My name is Michelle, she/her. I’m a writer. And amnesiac. In 2019, my gallbladder ruptured. The rupture caused a severe infection that cut off oxygen to my brain, leading to permanent brain damage. Retrograde amnesia is a form of memory loss characterized by an inability to recall events that occurred before the onset of amnesia. Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss that prevents the formation of new memories. After surgery, living alone was impossible, but…
My memories are scattered. Sometimes they show up as sharp fragments, bloody and jagged, lost pieces of time. Other times, the past grows hazy and slips away when I try to hold on. My mind feels like an abstract painting, and I have no idea who created it.
I want a sandwich. I want ice-cream. I want to eat with love. With people I love.
An object in time travels if and only if the difference between its departure and arrival times, as measured in the surrounding world, does not equal the duration of the journey it undergoes. In this place, the soft grey shawl and my knitting project are on my Anthropologie quilted bed.
Guernica Amnesiac Adventuress My memories are scattered. Sometimes they show up as sharp fragments, bloody and jagged, lost pieces of time. Other times, the past grows hazy and slips away when I try to hold on. My mind feels like an abstract painting, and I have no idea who created it. I walk the uneven streets of Bilbao, alone, my feet pressed into stiff Tivas, the straps biting at my skin. Pebbles shift under each…
