801-422-6975, 1839 Manuscript History Becomes Generalized Knowledge. Memories can be interpreted through the lens of an individual, as well as the perspective of a group. Richard treated me with kindness and generosity, always interested in my ideas and projects. Also called ''societal remembrance'', collective memory refers to how we remember things through a social lens. Sensory memory is the earliest stage of memory. A narrator read from Joseph’s history as the camera and Petersen worked together to portray Joseph’s anxiety and alarm and subsequent rescue by “a pillar of light, which descended gradually until it fell upon [him].” As the narrator rehearses the appearance of the two heavenly beings and identifies them as the Father and Son, the camera pans out to show the two figures, standing in the air above Joseph’s head.[19]. The 1976 film was, and to a degree remains, a powerful catalyst of consolidation, since that process depends largely on rehearsal modulated by emotion, the replaying of the memory over and over in connection with strong feelings. [1] It’s a homely building, architecturally speaking, but it used to house a soothing mural depicting a tranquil sylvan setting, painted on the wall behind the pulpit for parishioners to ponder as they worship. When two people talk about a piece of knowledge or past event, what they do and don’t discuss influences how each will remember it, says Coman. Artistic and cinematic representations of Joseph’s vision, by their nature, suggest to viewers how Joseph experienced the vision. How is collective memory formed and when does it impact behavior? [8] See John Taylor, in Journal of Discourses (London: Latter-day Saints’ Book Depot, 1881), 21:155–67. The Church has published and publicized the several accounts repeatedly over half a century, but consolidation of the Saints’ collective memory does not happen even that quickly. When the Saints rely too heavily on visual or cinematic arts as the catalysts of their memory, the problem of source amnesia can be compounded, largely because of suggestibility. The preferred term to describe this ongoing process is consolidation, which, most simply put, is the process of making enduring memories. As a result it leads … [CDATA[//> These elements of the First Vision is generalized, unattributed knowledge. Originally located in the Adams Ward Chapel in Los Angeles, this stained glass window presents Joseph's First Vision along with a key phrase from the canonized account: "This is My Beloved Son, Hear Him!" The capacity of twentieth-century technology to rehearse a shared memory dwarfs the window’s reach. Her parents were surprised and found humor in this comment; they later realized it came from the Joseph Smith’s First Vision Living Scriptures video.