# Logodaedalus's commonplace book

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**Created:** [January 8, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/logodaedaluss-commonplace-book/107972 "2026-01-08T20:06:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![log0\_daedalus](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/log0_daedalus/32/31029_2.png) [@log0\_daedalus](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/log0_daedalus)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/logodaedaluss-commonplace-book/107972/1 "2026-01-08T20:06:03Z")

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I will use this thread to jot down my observations.

**I.**

The semiotic triangle is a model showing the indirect link between a **symbol** (word/sign), the **thought/reference** (concept in mind), and the **referent** (real-world object or idea) it represents.

Therefore, objects can be memorised in two ways: either by using the **reference** or by converting the **symbol** of the object in a visual concept.

If I want to memorise a cat, I can visualise its image (reference) or I can convert the word “cat” or the letters c-a-t (symbol) in visual elements.

Abstract objects usually don’t have a visual reference. E.g. numbers get memorised by exploiting their graphical form (e.g. 000011 looks like a sumo fighter) or by a multistep encoding (numbers → letters; letters → words; words → images).

Then, we create a picture or image connecting all these visual elements, i.e. there’s a link between the visual elements. Structures are needed when there are several pictures.

**II.**

Yesterday I finished reading @joereddington ‘s book “[Advanced Memory Palaces](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/review-advanced-memory-palaces-by-joe-reddington/76032?)”. It is probably the most interesting book I’ve read on the topic.

I really liked the isomorphism between mental data structures and computer data structures.

Regarding mnemonic structures there’s an author who was particularly keen on using them: Giordano Bruno.

In his treatise _Explicatio triginta sigillorum_ he showcases thirty sigils (structures). Among these there are the chain (linked list) and the tree. I think it is a nice similitude. 🙂

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