I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details: I notice the way the sky looks... The color of white paper... The way people walk... Doorknobs... Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is.
-Narrator, True Stories
But what if when you return to the place they have changed the doorknobs? Because you have forgotten, you will not know that they have been changed. Will you believe that you are seeing the same doorknobs that you saw-- and forgot about-- when you first came to that place?
Or, perhaps, you will see these new doorknobs and a strange feeling will come over you. You are not aware that the doorknobs have changed, but you just feel funny. You see, somewhere-- hidden deep away in some small part of your brain-- is the memory of the original doorknobs, but your consciousness can't grasp onto that memory.
The odd feeling stays with you for a day or two before fading away.
