What are the steps you generally take when making a memory palace?
How is this similar or different to how you approach learning projects versus competition?
I’m just trying to get a feel for how others approach this. I’ve experimented with only using the corners or walls of a room for a memory palace. I 've also tried making memory palaces with more loci like object in that room. I’m not sure which approach I like better and I’m curious if one approach is better suited for learning projects or competition. Any insight is appreciated!
I prefer to take somebody’s memory palace. It is the easiest method and it works for me .
I never used a memory palace with only corners or walls of a room. I think it is easier to mess up with such type of locations. I always use objects as locations.
For my small learning projects I use linking instead of memory palace.
But I know that Johannes Mallow creates more locations in each room for long term learning.
For example 4 loci/ room for competition palaces and 10-15 loci per room in palaces for long term learning.
Personally I once created 226 loci in a room (12 square meters) and successfully used these loci in competition. So there are no limits, only preferences.
For me, the loci should be distinct, unique, and offer possibilities for interaction. Corners and blank walls / spaces are a no-go. The idea of just “placing” an image “at” a loci is almost never as effective as visualizing some type of interaction or connection that starts with the loci and involves the imagery. A sparse loci is “ok” as long as there is interaction, but it doesn’t beat a loci that is memorable on its own.
To me this is the difference in vividness between say a tiger sitting in front of a wall versus the tiger bursting THROUGH the wall. Or a plain bare door that opens and a tiger is sitting there versus a door that I imagine has tiger stripe paint on it that gets torn open by the tiger clawing its way through.
I definitely pack more loci into long term project palaces because I can take time to plan and craft them. When going quickly I want adequate spacing and less clutter to keep the images distinct when recalling after only having a second or two to visualize.
I hadn’t divided room before choosing the loci. I just went through the room clockwise and choose each object that is different enough from other objects. Then I remembered 50th loci, 100th loci, 150th loci and 200th loci. So I got 4 memory palaces with 50 loci and 1 palace with 26 loci for a case if I want to use them separately.
No, I didn’t have any problems with proximity of the loci.
Where do you find memory palace that other people have made online? I have never read about this!
I prefer to take somebody’s memory palace. It is the easiest method and it works for me .
I never used a memory palace with only corners or walls of a room. I think it is easier to mess up with such type of locations. I always use objects as locations.
For my small learning projects I use linking instead of memory palace.
But I know that Johannes Mallow creates more locations in each room for long term learning.
For example 4 loci/ room for competition palaces and 10-15 loci per room in palaces for long term learning.
Personally I once created 226 loci in a room (12 square meters) and successfully used these loci in competition. So there are no limits, only preferences.
i have actually never read any of the guides re memory palaces on this website, thanks for sharing. i will read them and look at the videos by @MemorysportsTV and @NelsonDellis
i dont know about you, but some of my good journeys have bad locations. for example, they have places that i knew were there, but that i didnt actually look at. and so i would sometimes lose the image. made me realise i was doing it wrong.
my best journeys all logically flow, and i am looking at the location and it makes sense.
some of my worst journeys - i am just touring a hotel room i dont really know well, imagining a bed side table that i know is there, but i cant see. or a door to a bathroom for the women, that i actually never walk to! or something inside a cupboard, but i never really opened the cupboard and so i wouldnt really be looking at it - i would just think okay x is in there.
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