Caputo is right when she says that we take memory for granted. We really don't realize how important our memory is to our life. When we feel down thinking of happy past memories can make us feel better. Just like some past memories can make us feel angry or sad. Imagining my life without my memories makes me think I would be empty. Who I am is made up mostly of my past memories. I am so grateful for pictures because they can help me travel back to happier times.
Having have worked with Alzeimer's patients I have seen how people slowly become someone else to their family members. They don't recognize the person that their loved one is anymore. Because of this my favorite picture was the untitled by Robert Selwyn. You see the person and you know who they are, but they are not clear to you anymore. Just like I would imagine life to the patient would become blurrier every day.