Instead of a window, there was a band of tiles running around the room, at about chest height. The tiles had been painted in a way that led to a series of intricate, overlapping patterns. Leah would stare at the tiles, slowly shifting her focus so one set of squares would leap into the foreground, then another, then tighten in on a single tile, and release out to a pattern of diamonds or triangles or even larger hexagons. She could do that for hours, which was just as well, since she didn't have much else to do. At least the room was warm.
The room lacked not only a window, but a door as well. Whenever she had to leave, the Doctor would fetch her. She never went out on her own, until now she had never even thought about leaving, but something about the way the Doctor looked at her during their last session made Leah want to work out how she could get out on her own. Next time, she promised herself, next time she would pay enough attention to her comings and goings so she could re-create the doorway that must be there in order for her go to her sessions. She would try very hard to remember.
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I'm confused. First, what does anamnesis mean? Should I know that? Am I dumb?
Second, I suddenly find myself asked to suspend disbelief, and up till now there wasn't any sign it was that kind of book. I can't think of any reason that a person would be locked in a room with no windows, doors, or anything else, even if they were suicidal or something... I guess I'll have to wait and see where this is going.
Anamnesis means recollection, and sometimes used by the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates as an explaination of the way that people recall knowledge to the present moment. Are you dumb? Perhaps we are all dumb to some degree, and its only the extent that differs. Perhaps still, the word has little even to do with the state or perhaps any conscious state.
The room with no doors or windows sounds like a metaphysical place, found somewhere to be all around oneself. Of course it could be that there are doors/windows, but the subject cannot for some reason perceive them. Either way, some interesting fruit found on an interesting branch - thanks.
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