Little did I knew about this disease, beyond the topic of memory loss. Unfortunately, some relatives of both Joan Pocurull and Montse López Mulley, members of Mussia, have suffered Alzheimer and explained how it affects people; It not only consists of memory loss, but it is much closer to a mixture and disorder of memories. No matter how little you think about it: that means chaos. Imagine a mixture of ten memories and, at the same time, disorder them in time. That implies the absolute inconsistency of your past. Loss of references and access to the labyrinth. As a fragment of the poem wonderfully explains, you can go from “normal” to finding yourself completely lost in a moment. For example, you walk down a familiar street and, all of a sudden, it fades from your memory and you don’t know where you are. Scary.

         One of the first ideas that I was able to assess was the image of a labyrinth, although, finally, I thought a memory “mixer” fit much better in the chaotic essence of such ailment.

      Childhood memories are the most resistant. We refer to smells, places, etc; childhood experiences seem more deeply recorded, they are more difficult to alter when suffering Alzheimer. At the very least, a tiny poetic truce in this terrible world of intermittent chaos.

                                                                                                Jordi Roca Zanuy