The Fredösphere

Set aside a few minutes today and read about Clive Wearing, the "real-life Memento."  A man whose brain damage robbed him of both short- and long-term memory, Clive can nevertheless read, conduct, and perform music.  (He is a musicologist specializing in Orlande de Lassus.)  He also recognizes his wife, Deborah, whose life teaches us just about everything we need to know about the self-sacrificial fulfillment of one's commitments.  This is a story of the redemptive power of sixteenth-century polyphony.  And love.

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