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08/02/2004: "Shining the Light"

Memory is mostly a truthteller, but the light which the present casts upon the past is a harsh one. The details and subtleties are lost, the highlights are accentuated, and the faces appear exaggerated and ghoulish. When I look at my past, I look from where I stand now; the context is what concerns me now. The others who were there see it differently, and that's as it should be.