title: Memories and stories lang: en > There’s a theory that every time we access a memory, a new memory is created in its place. That the act of recollection is, in fact, an act of destruction–or of augmentation. That each of our memories is replaced by a facsimile of itself. > > […] > > In this way, isn’t memory also made of the stories we tell? > > *[Introduction - CapsuleCrit](https://www.capsulecrit.com/intro03)* ([cache](/david/cache/99760148d9b7add2a396e75150fe8fb3/)) Think about it, memorize it. *Tell it.*