So today I met a well known public figure. It was a different than expect. No, it wasn't that they didn't meet some grand imaginative detail I had. I think part of the reason I was so thrown off was this quote about Jesus that I heard as a boy. I recall hearing that when a person meets Jesus they will be surprised at how familiar he will be. It is that idea that really spun me for a loop today.
When I met the person, I suddenly lost track of real memory. My brain kicked all these pictures, videos and "memories" of interaction to the forefront of my consciousness. This happened at the moment that I was shaking hands and answering questions. I started to feel at ease and as if the person and I had a history together. I did not feel awestruck, rather, confused at why I had all these memories of a person, that my logical brain was telling me, I had never met.
I am sure other's experiences may vary. It does lead me to question if this same principle leads the many people who remember friends, family, celebrities or religious figures as earnest beings playing important roles in their lives, to testify with a certainty an event that logically could have never happened. It probably also leads people who read the book before the movie to hate or love the job actors do as a favorite character. The book creates such a vivid mental image that when it contrasts with the silver screen's version, it disappoints.
Since this happened to me today I think I will only get worse. I will start meeting people in real life that have somehow lived the pages of inTouch magazine. These people will introduce themselves as Jodi Mollock but I will remember them as Tina Fey. This is a warning. I will probably suddenly know tons of famous people. So if you are disappointed that I meeting I set up falls out, don't say I didn't warn you.
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