Memory, either personal or collective, is intrinsically linked with landscape. As Simon Schama states in ‘Memory and Landscape’, "before it can ever be a repose for the senses, landscape is the work of the mind. Its scenery is built up as much from strata of memory as from layers of rock." Significant (or perhaps ordinary) events are associated by place in order that they can be understood more fully. Personal attachment to landscape and the sense of belonging is a common component of identity; as personality is informed by experience, it is inevitable that the locations of memories feed into character. Landscape therefore is not simply seen, but a way of seeing; it is interpreted and consequently ascribed values.