You Cant Miss The Shimmer Analysis

What are the images come to you instantly when you think of your father? What are the memories stand out firstly? For me, the picture of the island that we sunbathed in the holiday comes to me before I notice. I think of the breeze, the palm trees, the moist air and the smile on his face. I recall the touch of his hands, when I hold them last time before he went back to China. I remember where the callus is, which reminds me of the time that we spent together. It takes long time to have a callus, but it definitely takes longer to bond the relationship between my dad and I. Those pictures, those moments that I recall are like the images shimmer around the edge mentioned by Joan Didion (2). In the illustration of every elementary psychology book, there is a cat drawn by a patient having a shimmer

Why does it like Didion’s saying “Look hard enough, and you can’t miss the shimmer” (2). I think that is because those shimmering images represent the most important memories for you. Life is too hurried, and memories congest making a traffic gam in my head. Sometimes I keep some certain memories but I don’t know why I remember them so deeply. But writing can help to figure our which memories are most significant. Didion also states “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means” (2). I didn’t know what are the most important memories I had with my Dad and why are they important. But when I wrote the pieces about him down, I gradually realize the reason why I remember the island is because I enjoyed the time that we spent together, and I want to be with him like that again. The reason why I remember the callus is because I had already stared to miss him even when he was still by my side. I love him. And this process of figuring out what are the most important memories and give them a meaning can never happen unless I write them