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The Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dali
Memory is a funny old thing isn't it. By definition it is the faculty of the brain by which data is encoded, stored and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. We, in general terms, also hold on to memories of things that have happened, to use in interpreting situations and actions that we feel we need to take in accordance to what we have learned in past experience. Memories become hazy though, over time, and we may adamantly believe that we remember a situation really well, yet someone else who shared that experience could remember it completely differently. This is a key theme to this painting.
I hear so many times that people don't like Dali's work, because they find it difficult to understand, or that it is nonsensical. In fact I hear this a lot about surrealism as a whole. To a point, I agree that it can be daunting to look at a painting that makes very little sense on first impression, but to reject a genre of art, because it is a bit difficult, is to potentially miss out of some true works of genius.
Dali, is such an eccentric and exciting artist, that I would need a whole article just dedicated to his life to fully explain his biography, therefore I will just concentrate on the bit that is relevant to this painting.
Born on the 11th May 1904 in Figueres, Catalonia; Dali showed a flare for painting at an early age. He received formal training in Madrid and was initially heavily influenced by Impressionism and Renaissance work. Dali started to be more inspired by Cubism and avante garde movements and in the late 1920s he joined the surrealist movement. He became one of the leading members of this movement.
Dali's parents had previously had a son they had called Salvador, who had died nine months prior to Dali's birth from gastroenteritis. Dali believed that his brother had been simply a previous version of himself, two droplets of water with different reflections, and he often theorised about his brother, later creating a piece of art called "My Dead Brother". Dali also had a younger sister, who would later write the book "Dali as seen by his sister".
At the age of 16, Dali's mother died of uterine cancer, and he described this as the biggest blow he would ever suffer. From here, his relationship with his father would go from bad to worse. On the 28th December 1929 Dali's father threw him out of their family home, excommunicating him from not only returning to the house, but ensured that the people of the village would also snub him. This was down to a few factors, firstly his relationship with Gala, as she was already married. Secondly his father felt that the surrealist movement had a bad influence on Dali's morals and standards and finally his father ead in a Barcelona newspaper that his son had recently exhibited in Paris a drawing of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ", with a provocative inscription: "Sometimes, I spit for fun on my mother's portrait". His father demanded that he publically retract the statement, Dali refused, potentially out of fear of being thrown out of the surrealist movement, so found himself homeless.
He rented a small fishermans cabin near Port Lligat, which he very soon purchased, and then brought neighbouring cabins, which would eventually make his villa by the sea.
Over time Dali's father did relent and accept his life style and wife, but I guess that is what fame does for you.
The Surrealist movement came about between the two world wars, and was born from Dadaism. Initially there were two groups who lay claim to the term surrealism, one lead by Yvan Goll and the other by Andre Breton. Ultimately Breton would win this fight, and he published a manifesto with clear details of what surrealism art would be determined by:-
Dictionary: Surrealism, n. Pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express, either verbally, in writing, or by any other manner, the real functioning of thought. Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation.
Encyclopedia: Surrealism. Philosophy. Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dream, in the disinterested play of thought. It tends to ruin once and for all other psychic mechanisms and to substitute itself for them in solving all the principal problems of life.
This all sounds very starchy, and boils down to surrealism being a dream like state where anything is logically possible. Theme and images which shouldn't belong together can happily be on the same canvas or in the same text. Creatures can be created from living or inanimate things.
This may have felt like a very long lead up to an explanation of "The Persistence of Memory", but I feel it is really necessary to understand this, as then you can fully appreciate the technique and influences within this painting.
This painting was completed in 1931, and was done under a technique called "paranoiac critical method". Dali would put himself into a meditative/psychotic hallucinatory state, and create "hand painted dream photographs". By definition this is truly what surrealism is all about – the belief of a higher plane of consciousness where anything is possible, and Dali felt that he achieved that. This is by far one of the most well known surrealist paintings and really set Dali's name into history, with not only his grasp of the surrealist technique, but also those of masters past, juxtaposing styles to create the impressionist background to the melting clocks in the foreground.
The Clocks
Let's talk about the clocks first, as this is the thing that confuses most people. It would be quite easy to assume that due to the surroundings the clocks are physically melting, due to the heat of the landscape. This is a theory I have heard batted about, but we need to remember that this was painted in 1931, and plastics were not a viable material until the 1950s. Therefore these clocks would have been metal and the heat needed to melt them would be insane.
This leads to one of the more mainstream schools of thought, which is this is Dali's interpretation of Einstein's theory of relativity. This was developed between 1905 and 1920 and would have captured Dali's attention. This theory can be fairly heavy to understand as it is comprised of two other theories (special relativity and general relativity), but for the most part it concentrates on what happens to object with the presence and absences of gravity and the other objects around it. As this painting is set in a dream like state, who are we to argue about the gravitational pull that may be in force here impacting the objects we see.
Personally I prefer Dali's explanation, saying that the clocks are like melting camembert in the sun. This gives a less clinical feel to the scenario (the theory of relativity really is too dry for this), rather giving that feeling of being in a dream. I am sure we have all had that dream where we are walking down a corridor, yet not moving, time is passing, yet you are going nowhere, This is how I think Dali intended these clocks to be perceived. Because of the title, I am further going to attribute this memories, such as those you would have of your childhood. When honey tasted sweeter, and days seemed longer and much more fun. I feel that he is attributing the "melting clock" to how our memories alter and become distorted over time. The timeline of memories become less linear, and they start to melt into one another.
The Ants and the Fly
If you look at the clock which is in the front left hand side of the painting you will notice that it is orange and covered in ants. This clock doesn't bend like the others, rather it looks like it has transformed into amber. Ants are a trope to Dali's work, and have long been considered symbolism for decay. For me, I feel that this is a memory which has been distorted to a point of fantasy, the decay has set in and nothing can change it, but yet it remains in its distorted form.
The fly has similar meaning on the next clock along, although the memory is still distorting. Flies being one of the first things to come to a decomposing body, shows that this memory is new to the distortion of time.
Commonly thought to be a self portrait of Dali, although personally I more see this as the distorted image of his dead brother of the same name. The face appears to be melting into the landscape, as though it is also is a changing memory, affected by time as a clock melts over it.
Experts have agreed that this is an olive tree. It's branches are bare and a clock drips over the stark frame. Olive trees are synonymous with peace, if we stick the the biblical sense of symbolism and the dove delivering the bushy, green branch to Noah; so by contrast this sorry specimen could be seen to mean that there is no peace here. A bad memory or traumatic experience, rooted in the scenery of the mind, never changing despite the oozing time passing over it.
Background Scenery
This is another common theme in Dali's work, this is the scenery from his families summer house in the shade of Mount Pani (also known as Mount Panelo) inspired him to integrate its likeness into his paintings again and again. It does seem poignant in a painting called "The Persistence of Memory" which was created just a year and a half after being thrown out by his father than this scenery would penetrate his subconscious thoughts.
Now it may feel that painting is very much leaning towards the negative side of memory, and how things distort over time. If you look along the shore line of the painting there are two very small white eggs. These represent the future. New memories which are forming and will flourish before being resigned to the memory banks where time becomes confused.
This painting shot Dali to fame, and it can now be found in the MOMA, where it was donated anonymously in 1934.
The painting is only 9.5 inches by 13 inches, which can be shocking to some as I believe that they expect this piece to be much larger. The compact size of the picture perhaps adds to the feeling of compartmentalised memories which are not visited very often.
There is a sequel to this painting which was created in 1954 called "The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory" which is less influenced by dream states (Dali's Freudian phase) and more influenced by the science of the atomic age.
No matter how you see Dali, it is undeniable that his work is intense and intuitive on a level which is highly intelligent and fed from influences of his past, understanding of science and psychology which feed his higher platform of surrealist imagery.
As an aside, shortly after this painting made Dali famous, the surrealism movement ousted him from the group over some alleged claimed that he was a fascism supporter. Dali left and notably said "I myself am Surrealism" to the board of surrealist researchers.
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Peregrine Senior Living to Open New Facility on Onondaga Hill
Assisted living community to care for individuals with Alzheimer's and other types of dementia
By Mary Beth Roach
What were just fields and brush along an area of West Seneca Turnpike a few months ago has been transformed. Now, standing on this parcel of land in the town of Onondaga, near Onondaga Community College, is the framework of what will be the newest memory care facility in Central New York — Peregrine Senior Living at Onondaga Hill.
According to executive director Robert Collins, it is an assisted living community dedicated to caring for individuals with Alzheimer's and other dementias. It has been designated by New York state as an enhanced and special needs community, the only facility with this kind of license in Central New York, according to Collins.
Peregrine officials broke ground for the facility in October, 2016, and they anticipate that the $8-million, 36,000-square-foot facility will open in December. The Peregrine company, based in Syracuse, is owned by Stephen Bowman and Mark Farchione, with 14 facilities throughout the country, including Atlanta, Colorado and Massachusetts, and New York state, where most of their properties are.
Collins provided a recent tour of the building. The covered entrance, topped with a large cupola, will open to a vestibule and administrative offices, followed by a great room and a 1950s-themed diner, a central courtyard, and a chapel. Off the center of the building will be wings that will house dining areas, along with 60 private and four semi-private rooms, for a total of 68 beds. The semi-private rooms will allow for a patient and his or her spouse. The building will provide lots of natural light and walking areas with numerous gardens and sitting areas. Because many of those with Alzheimer's have a tendency to wander, these particular spaces will be designed to be a destination for them, Collins explained. At night each wing will be secured for the well-being of the residents, but during the day, they can freely amble throughout the entire complex.
While the residents can keep their own private physician, Collins said, Peregrine will be contracting with a physician's office, and Collins is also planning to bring podiatry, dentistry and physical therapy services to the facility.
"The idea is we bring services here," he said, "We bring everything here so people don't have to go anywhere else." In addition, the medical team on site will include a registered nurse, LPNs and aides. He estimates that the staff will number approximately 65 full-time employees.
But the staff's focus is not solely on the patient, but on their families and caregivers, as well.
"One of the things that we really do that I think is very important is we embrace the whole family," he said. "Helping people work with the disease is what we do too; working with the families on how to have a good visit with your loved one, how to deal with the issues," Collins said.
Oftentimes, Collins explained, when family members step in as caregivers, they tend to lose sense of being that person's husband, wife, son or daughter. It's an experience he knows first-hand, since he, himself, was a caregiver for his mother, who battled dementia. Peregrine Onondaga will take over the responsibilities of a caregiver, allowing the patient's family members to remain in the role of the spouse or the child.
Collins got his master's in health care administration from the George Washington University and did his residency in long-term care. Following that, he did a stint in acute care to get some experience. It was, he said with a chuckle, supposed to be brief but it lasted 25 years. He has been with Peregrine for 12 years and has been on the road at a number of their facilities for all that time. But as executive director of Peregrine Onondaga Hill, Collins returns to his hometown of Syracuse. Living in the same neighborhood where he was raised, he can make the commute to work in less than five minutes.
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Paso Robles Republican Women to host Christopher Scalia
Posted: 3:06 am, September 29, 2018 by News Staff
Christopher Scalia.
–On Oct. 15, Paso Robles Republican Women will welcome as their guest speaker Christopher J. Scalia, co-editor of the best-selling book Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived.
He is the eighth of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's nine children. The book includes Justice Scalia's speeches, some deeply personal, on subjects ranging from marriage and religion to sports and turkey hunting.
No one is better qualified than Christopher to provide insight into the legacy of his father who was a conservative icon, bon vivant, music lover and witty observer of law and life. Christopher began compiling the collection shortly after his father's death in February 2016 to give non-lawyers, as well as lawyers, a fuller picture of his father and his many interests. "It was therapeutic and powerful," Chris says of the process. "My father was such a good speaker, and his voice comes through in these speeches—his humor, his intelligence, his passion. It was like having him in the room again."
Barnes and Noble will be selling and Christopher will be signing copies of Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived at the luncheon meeting.
Christopher Scalia's book reviews and political commentary have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, the Times Literary Supplement and elsewhere. During the weeks leading up to the confirmation hearing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Mr. Scalia appeared often on Fox News to talk about the impact on family of going through the confirmation process (he was just 10-years-old when his father was nominated by President Reagan in 1986) as well as to discuss the current political climate.
With an emphasis on Sir Walter Scott and other Scottish Romantics, Mr. Scalia taught English for eight years at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. He published enough to secure tenure, got along well with his colleagues and enjoyed opening bright, young minds with the help of great books. While he loved his years in academia, he changed careers in 2015 and currently works at public relations firm in the Washington D. C. area. He lives in Virginia with his wife Adele and three young children.
Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived, co-edited by Christopher and one of the Justice's former law clerks Edward Whelan, is an anthology of dozens of Justice Scalia's speeches, some published for the first time, that range in topic and tone from characteristically philosophical to surprisingly personal. Nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Reagan in 1986, Justice Scalia's originalist interpretation of the Constitution and his masterful articulation of his views made him a formidable presence on the bench, a seat he held for nearly thirty years until his death in Feb. of 2016.
Paso Robles Republican Women Federated is honored to have Christopher travel across the country to be their guest speaker at the Paso Robles Inn Ballroom. The public is welcome. Prepaid reservations are required. The cost is $24 and includes a buffet luncheon. Email info@prrwf.org with your name and phone number by Oct. 7, and a club member will contact you.
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It may be physical or spiritual.
it is transitory and extinctive.
When the experience becomes merely pleasure or satisfaction, corruption begins.
it is the same as pursuit of pleasure if we cling to it.
You seek experience in order to escape from vacancy in mind.
but experience inevitably ends and vanishes in the course of time.
pleasure or satisfaction given by the experience.
Where there is obsession over experience, you always have fear and conflict.
despair and grief when you actually lose it.
All of those come from where you obsess over pleasure and self-satisfaction.
Rather, stop iterating and repeating every experience.
you can always have fresh sensitivity everyday.
and such spirit has the true freedom.


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PrizeWinning Researcher Did Her Breakthrough Work at Home
Making important advances in cancer research these days takes well-equipped labs with lots of expensive equipment. But back in the early 1970s, physician Janet Davison Rowley made a major discovery—for which she was named, on 16 April, one of the three winners of the 2013 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research—while working in her own home.
Honored for discovering "the first consistent chromosome translocation in any human cancer," according to Albany Medical College, the 88-year-old Rowley is still a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago in Illinois. Her finding provided one of the first indications that chromosome abnormalities could play a role in cancer. The idea was so new at the time thatpublished the "landmark paper" (in Albany Medical College's words) only after Rowley had received a preliminary rejection fromand also from
"I was working from photographs. You see the chromosomes under the microscope and you take a photograph of them and you analyze and cut them out and line them up to see how each pair compares. My children used to say I was playing with paper dolls." —Janet Rowley
A mother of four, Rowley worked part-time when her children were young, doing research first as a research associate and then an assistant professor at the University of Chicago. With her children at school, "I could just sit at home and have it be quiet and concentrate," she told the . "I was working from photographs. You see the chromosomes under the microscope and you take a photograph of them and you analyze and cut them out and line them up to see how each pair compares. My children used to say I was playing with paper dolls."
Spending her share of the $500,000 Albany prize for the discovery "is no problem," she said in the because "I have grandchildren in college." Rowley's numerous other honors include the National Medal of Science and the Lasker Award.
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