on consciousness and memory, quote, found in net

".....what consciousness and memory are about: an awareness of something that is not directly perceived. Consciousness brings more to perception than exists in the present stimulus – it creates something that is not there – and in doing so it helps us make sense of our environment. And so does art.."

http://www.alice-anderson.org/documents/THESCIENCEOFPERCEPTIONBYISRAELROSENFIELD.pdf