"On the contrary, embodied subjectivity is for Merleau-Ponty always at once general and particular. The intentional arc that draws together my past and future is always specifically mine. To recall, it is formed in a situation that is not merely spatial or physical but that includes my history, my culture, my social location, and so on. It ensures that the particularities of my life will shape my projects and inform the general properties of my perceptions, bodily comportment, and actions."