Henri Bergson, Matter and Memory 

Although I only read the introduction of Matter and memory I still found it a really difficult read. 

Bergson ' we have been educed to respond to the world' The human has spaces to store memory and therefore can chose a reaction - depending on past experiences (of reading/actions/etc), which help us to understand future experiences. 

For Bergson the image is not infact the object and is not quiet the representation of the object in ones mind. (like a memory of a memory) 

Perception is completely different to memory - although he believes theres not enough seperation in idealism and realism. (ie Mental images (memories) and actual images (photographs).

Although images are a good way of understanding the world it doesn't mean that we have full understanding of it. This is because the individual can only perceive a part of it at one time - so we are unable to have pure perception(perception all at onces). Pure perception is a way of understanding something all at once and understand the limits of perception. 

We actually screen out what we don't need to see ('the necessary poverty of perception'). So in his eyes, perception of the moment never really happens - we don't see the world as it is now, we see it through our past actions. 

Bergson and art take in consideration for the reconfiguration reality on different levels.