Art as proof that our lives up until this point were not wasted

-we make art and keep records and do science as proof that we were here
-we were here, not only for others to see but to prove to ourselves what we once were
-we make art so that we don't look back at our pasts and think, what the heck was i even doing...
-because i do not know my past self as well as i know my present self because i forgot
-and without a record how do i even know that i was even a person that had complex thoughts and feelings?
-i can remember things about what i did, but i remember very little of what i thought or felt with exceptions
-the best i can do is read what i wrote and look at what i drew which are the only remnants of the intelligence i used to be