I am new to this forum - hello. i have read a lot of the posts from @Rajadodve786 and find them to be very interesting particularly about using objects.
i am trying to build up my levels on memory league and use memory technique in work
some questions -
1 when people pick objects for their list, do you pick every day objects? to experiment i can visualise in my mind up to about 5 or 6 objects all nested together. eg i can visualise a cup, a bowl, a banana, a carrot and a cigaratte all together, perhaps sitting on a mat. and i can then add to that, or i can sometimes imagine them in a row left to right. but it is much harder for me to visualise all my objects / images from my current system list.
2 the really fast memory atheltes talking about combining the images and condensing them. if my two images are cup and cigarette, i can easily see that in one image. but do really fast memory athletes see the object together in their mind, and then merge that into the object? Or do they do them 1 at a time, but super fast. i am wondering if there is then merit in picking objects that more easily combine
3 i do find 2 in 1 to be a bit harder than 1 in 1. i am just starting out and trying to pick out what are the best images for me.
4 people who favour objects - do you have any people and actions? or just really easy and meaningful ones? like one image might be surfer, it is a person but its also easy to visualise.
i really love just putting flashing numbers on and letting the images float into your mind - its like a meditation but highly stimulating!
Thank you for sharing this article, it is amazing! It helped me to fix my experimental card system.
Yes, sometimes I pick everyday objects. But I can visualise everyday objects and exotic objects equally easy.
Maybe some images are hard for you to visualise because you try to keep too many details. When you practice memorisation with your system, your images naturally change little by little. Tiny details blend, but the most important detail becomes more pronounced. As a result, images become easier to visualise.
I think it is not about merging into one object, but more about creating two objects simultaneously. These objects are not necessary merged into one solid thing. They are just connected as usual. If you are using 2 in 1 for cards you become familiar with some 2-card combinations. When you see this combination again you instantly imagine the whole scene. You recall this familiar scene as fast as you recall an image in your system.
So it is not one object “cup made of cigarettes” (sometimes you can do this connection but it is not necessary). It is two objects created simultaneously: “cup is pierced by cigarette”.
Don’t spend more then a week searching for better images without starting training the system. You can start training before your system is fully completed and just come up with some images on the fly. Remember that you can always change the images later, so they don’t need to be perfect right now.
I favour objects. And when I use characters, I use just easy and meaningful characters. 30% Of my numbers system is professions (like king or cook), animals and animation characters. And only two images are real people.
Flashing information was really enjoyable to memorise for me lately, but i haven’t thought to memorise it regularly with online apps. Thank you for the idea!
Good luck with your memory journey, waverider!
thanks for the write back, i really appreciate it.
you make an observation i have learned in my admittedly very much beginning steps in this. you kind of make your images into things that are easier to visualise. and i am sure this will change a lot over time. for example, my current 6S image is sash. originally i imagined a lovely blue sash just sort of doing nothing drapped on a woman (just a non exotic image). now i kind of imagine a whirlwind of spinning blue going like a tornado, and i dont imagine the woman
this is my first card system but originally i had a few people in it, which i had kind of imagined them doing things or with objects. eg an old judge. i was always imaginging him in the location needing peace and quiet to write his judgements. but i also know he always wore a bowler hat, so now i just focus on that. and its much easier to imagine me putting the bowler hat onto the location rather than him trying to sit there and write his judgement and being sad its noisy. another card image was a swimmer who won a medal at the olympics, but now i just imagine there shiny white goggles.
thank you again so much for your write back. i will keep these tips in mind as i try to improve my speed and have fun with this!
the author has good articles on other topics as well, but i have not read the other articles as well. Naoya Hirata is his name
just one more thing on objects. when you actually read the harry lorrayne peg lists, most of these are all objects as well. only a very small number are people or actions. so he must have figured out earlier on that objects are easier to picture and visualise, rather than action or people. just a thought i had about one of the memory writers i have read.