An Introduction: Memoirs

Even though it is Fall, my mind is on Spring. In Elementary school, autobiographies were depressing. Colored pages were easier to choose. The illustrator made sense. Anthropologists would not make sense. Besides falling in love with Anthropologists and Archaeologists, I have learned to accept Sociology and the path it brings. This has led me to revisiting my childhood fears of a person's life being committed to ink. No, non-fiction is not definitively boring. Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and the neighboring genres and sub-genres are mentally, logically, and sensibly stimulating. 

How can the change from enemy of non-fiction to friendly occur? Memoirs are surprisingly exciting. They are easy to understand. The issues one would come across are relevant to any stage of life. For example, coming to terms with a serious illness is considerably easier when one is certain that it is a common phenomenon. 

If you want to appreciate a memoir, reconsider your place in your family. Rethink your philosophies you have adhered over the years or decades. Find a place to learn to love the fisherman (or fisher) in you. Fishing accurately paints the picture of rootedness that can be productive. The benefits, the industry, and the wilderness factor of fishing are remedial. A memoir works in a similar way. 

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