If I want to memorize something—a poem, a historical fact, a philosophical argument—for an upcoming test or presentation, I can almost always retain what I want to retain. But I have not succeeded at memorizing information which I never want to forget. For instance, I’ll memorize a poem, writing it out by hand and testing myself several times for a few days, but in a few weeks, I’ll lose it. In times past, it was commonplace for students to memorize poems, speeches, dates; what might I do to emulate their example? I am willing to do whatever is necessary to be possessed by memory.
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Except as a kid, I don’t believe I’ve ever memorized a poem without the Memory Palace technique.
Yesterday I demonstrated about 5 minutes of the hardest poem I ever tackled in front of a big group. This was after 8 hours of live streaming.
I had 2-3 slips due to exhaustion and the mouth just not cooperating after that long amount of talking.
But it still worked a charm.
So… I can only suggest the Memory Palace.
As for being possessed by memory, that is not exactly the way I would word the goal, but if you are so blessed, rest assured that it is indeed a great blessing.
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I dont know but i think thats Rerum memory Is better than Verbatim. AND then use other systems.
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