Less is More?

I think it's interesting that we don't remember many things because we don't think we have to try. Why is it that my father remembers what specific songs were played at his high school prom but I can barely remember the plot of a movie I saw six months ago? I think it's because of pictures. The Internet. Sharing. Social media. So many of us live through a camera lens because we want to capture the memory, but it's never quite the same. We think we'll remember, but we're just recording.

How is it that my parents and grandparents know the exact date that the first Led Zeppelin album came out? There is such an influx of music, pictures and content readily available that we don't need to revere that album, remember those lyrics or obsess over a work of art. In my opinion, the arts 50 years ago meant so much more. People had no Candy Crush and Facebook mobile to occupy their time. Just something to think about...