Memories_Are_Important

Memories Are Important Memories are an important part of what keeps society together, what shapes our culture, and most importantly what shapes us as individuals. One way to keep your memories together is having photographs or videos of your life. Everything we know is part of our memory all our past experiences and all we have done. However, sometimes, memory poses some problems; unpleasant memories can make us angry, depressed, and, sometimes, scared. Photographs are a mere shadow of our true selves. This is one specific picture in my album that always grabs my attention. That is when I was one year old; this picture means so much to me because I'm representing my culture. In my family, photographs play such an important meaning in our lives, because they preserve memories and emotions. The Mexican culture is one of the most fascinating cultures in the entire world. Being a Mexican makes me very proud of myself because we preserve our ancestors' traditions. On the 3rd of October of every year, almost everyone dresses their children as Indians because we celebrate a saint that's called "Señor de la misericordia," which means "Lord of mercy." In these photographs, I'm one year old, my mother is grabbing me from the back, and I'm dressed like an Indian. I have a long colorful skirt, with a yellow/red apron around my waist, a white blouse with blue flowers, many necklaces, and a shawl over my hair; I am also covered in makeup. The background of this picture is a painting of houses and lots of trees. This picture means a lot to me because it makes me bring many happy memories. Even though I was really small, and I can't remember much about this day, every time I look at it, a lot of memories come to mind. I remember when this picture was taken. I was living in Michoacán, Mexico a whole different place. I had other beliefs, didn't know nothing about life, and I didn't have problems. I look very happy and I look very desperate in this picture. I wasn't even facing the camera; it looks like somebody else is grabbing my attention. My features are very different than what I am now. Having my mother next to me makes me feel good because I know she's been always there for me, and will always keep me busy with all of our traditions, and beliefs. Our emotions play a huge role in our lives. In any moment we can turn into our emotions for more understanding about something that's on our minds. This picture makes me very happy and sad, at the same time sad. I feel good that I would dress up as an Indian to demonstrate my cultural beliefs. However, it makes me very sad because, now that I'm older, I don't dress up any more, I don't leave in the same place and here in the United States they don't celebrate it as well as they don’t have the same beliefs. Memories are very important because you keep every second in record, which you could always go back and bring them back to life. Everyone should think just like me, however some people hate to take picture and look at themselves. This could also be a psychological problem because maybe they don’t want to see how they look, if there fat, ugly, color of skin, makeup, etc. Having pictures of you as you grow up is unique because you could see how you’re developing. I think it's important to have photographs to keep those memories of your close ones forever. Especially when you lost someone and you want to keep them close to you, you could always refer to those memorable photographs you have. Photographs are a mere shadow of our true selves. Photos' are always going to play an important figure in my life.