so here we go!!

A few days back I was watching an interview of a mathematician, who also folds paper (origami) to solve different equations, and he said: "When you put in a crease in a piece of paper, you are essentially changing the memory of that piece." So that one fold (in any direction) becomes the unit pattern combined with all the creases to give any form to the paper.  And it also becomes synonymous to how memory works.  In the broader context of living in any society it can be said that behaviors are the result of conditions provided, programming the memory to act or react according to the norms.

And if memory is the seat of the conventions we are taught to make meaning through different mediums, then probably we are following a loop.                                  

There is always a possibility of breaking the above mentioned cycle in the form of self interpretation or self reflection that people have been doing over centuries, but I think realization becomes the first step in terms of how we act and what are the leading consequences of that action, as Plato said: "An unexamined life is not worth living."

http://vimeo.com/34182381confronting patterns