Background
My project is an exploration of storytelling through researching alternate perceptions of time and uncovering dynamic processes of reconstructing stories and memories. Our narrative identity is of clusters and themes, of various shapes, none of them resembling a line. Similarly, memory is not linear; it's dynamic and ever-changing. Even past events can be reconstructed when recalled, interacting with present cognitions and emotions. Our narratives do not follow a line, we are a series of oscillations, moving left to right, forward and backward, toward and away from any center point. How can stories be different if not limited to specific conceptions of time? How are we limiting our creativity by confining our memory reconsolidation and narrations to linear plots? How can perception affect storytelling, and story-telling affect perception? My project will use clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience and an examination of my artistic processes and disseminate findings through a multimedia art exhibition.