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Transient Global Amnesia

July 11, 2026

Transient Global Amnesia: “The Day I’ll Never Remember”

Continuity | “a continuous sense of self” is my description of the same experience: I knew who I was. I recognized my friends, and they tell me I did not seem frightened, just confused. I had a past, but the present seeped out of my mind as it occurred. Who are you if you have… Continue reading

Consciousness, Memory, Transient Global Amnesia

consciousness, memory, Transient Global Amnesia
June 7, 2026

Continuity | “a continuous sense of self”

I’ve always understood that I’ve lost thousands of days. That they sank into an ocean of others. Too much sameness? Too little attention? Or even, perhaps, too much attention at the time. Too present to record? But there is one day, one specific day, that I know I lost. That I know I will never… Continue reading

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Claude, Consciousness, Memory, Transient Global Amnesia

ai, artificial-intelligence, Claude, consciousness, memory, Transient Global Amnesia

DISCLAIMERS:

Artificial Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is thinking, and I prefer to do my own. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

Transient Global Amnesia

Transient Global Amnesia: “The Day I’ll Never Remember”

Continuity | “a continuous sense of self”