Thank you, Kukulkan. I really appreciate your comments. And I really, really look forward to hearing how you go and your engagement on this forum. I have learned so much from the people here who are so generous with advice and ideas.
Have fun!
Lynne
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Lynne,
I’m halfway through memory craft and I love it. I heard you on Anthony metivier’s podcast and ordered it that day. I love the anthropological aspect of your research, it’s so fascinating.
I have a question for you about “crossing paths” on your memory walks. Since you hit the 0 year at the same corner as 145 mya is it ever an issue.
My main reason for asking is that the layout of our 2 story ranch house has me crossing a path from the entranceway to the living room and kitchen. So far it hasn’t been an issue. But I wonder about any long term issues that may arise.
Have you had any issues with crossing paths?
Thanks!
Hi Don,
Welcome to this wonderful forum.
A number of my memory palaces have crossing paths and it has never been an issue. As I approach those crosses from different angles, they look different and so feel different anyway.
I don’t tend to walk entire memory palaces at a time. I walk 5 - 6 km each morning, and tend to go to one section of a palace and focus on that, wandering off the palace to contemplate what I am encoding or revising. It helps me continue to walk fast and get physical as well as mental exercise. But even if I do a section of a palace crossing over, I have no problem with it.
Thank you so much for your kind words about Memory Craft. I do hope you enjoy the rest!
Lynne
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Lynne,
Thanks so much for your comments. That helps me create a better path through my house. I have sketched out 60 locations on my first floor.
Also, I want to let you know that I have spent as much time reading memory craft as I have spent perusing Wikipedia and other sites going down rabbit holes with all the interesting things you mention. I just got done spending about 20 minutes learning about the Easter island glyphs. Crazy stuff. Thank you for that!
Now time to figure out what 60 or so things I want in my palace journey. Maybe I’ll do the books of the Bible in order as a start.
Thanks again !
Don
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It was too slow in Chinese and I switched to English.
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I just realized this thread is called Memory Craft, but I am reading a book called The Memory Code.
In any case, in the latter, there is a mention of using the streets of the place in which we live as memory palaces, or loci, or songlines. I had tried this before, but I never arrived to anything.
I am trying again, but step by step. Since I walk a lot around, I am trying to notice more the names of streets (some streets here are numbered, not named), stores and businesses, people, etc. I will try to built this organically instead of applying a structure first.
I’m no expert but it seems like the names of streets and such are not important in themselves.
I mean I walk down the hall to elevator in my apartment building and see see the fire alarm thingy on the wall. It is a station on my on my memory journey. I get to the elevator where there are two doors for the elevators. One is left and the other is on the right. I deal with them individually as part of my journey. One elevator is one route which is to the parkade, the other elevator takes me to the lobby. In my mind the lobby elevator has a red lighting system in it to make easily distinguished from the other in my memory.
Inside each cabin there are three blank walls starting from left to right that are suitable for screens for moving images that I project on to them. Turning around I see the front of the cabin with the control panel and door which are loaded with features for use in my memory palace. Each elevator takes me to a different subsequent route which provides me with a different memory palace.
None of these features have names or numbers. They are clearly positioned in my mind because I chose a familiar route, selected easily identifiable items that I notice and then kept repeating them in my mind as well as physically until they are baked in to my memory. Putting them into a memorable journey shouldn’t take too long if you keep it simple.
Random walks and trying to remember which street by name etc. is just making unnecessary work for your memory process. It is the clarity and ease with which you remember assorted features along a well known route that matters . At least that is how I do walking journeys.
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I agree with Ron, the names of the streets don’t matter. In fact, I rename them according to what I am memorising. One street is Macedonia, another Croatia in my Countries Walk. All the stores are countries to me, and every house is named - again by the country. I do know most of the street names, but not all. The stores, I know what they sell, but admit I don’t know the brand name of most. Samoa is a butcher, but I couldn’t tell you the correct name of the butcher shop!
My suggestion is to map your walk, mark off every five locations - I explain more in Memory Craft but that helps you be sure you aren’t missing a location if you mentally walk it - and then just start encoding.
Don’t worry about the names someone else has given them - that adds nothing to your memory journey!
And have fun!
Lynne
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When doing searches, I have noticed two different ISBNs for Memory Craft:
- 978-1643136882
- 978-1760633059
Are these the same?
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…059 is published by Allen & Unwin (May 6, 2021) and could have updates but Lynne could tell you.
…882 is published by Pegasus Books;
originally published June 3, 2019
Reprint edition (February 9, 2021)
Doug
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Yes, they are identical. Just different publishers for different publishing territories.
Thank you for the interest!
Lynne
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