It certainly seems like a rough and chaotic sea! Signposts are everything; Or perhaps they are more like keys. My memories 'appear' hazy, probably because I don't feel pressed to shine a light on them.
The keys and signposts that draw me in are more like dream locations overlaid onto 'real' locations and then linked with a string of thoughts/ ideas or a particular theme.
The associations seem quite arbitrary though; The dream location does not seem to match the 'real' location. But taken all together these combinations have a strong effect on me.