Power Memory Formula Workbook

CONTENTS

D1 – ‘Why are we doing this again?’ ... 4 D2 – Remembering Imagination ... 6

Imagination is a basic life skill: strengthen your memory with exaggeration and

personification. (Picture link, five outward senses) 6

D3 – Linking It Up ... 8 D4 – Walking Down Memory Lane ... 10

Our memory of space is what gets us home: store things in it with the method of

place. (the Dalí rule, commute) 10

D5 – Body Chimes ... 12 The method of place works on our body: link words and sounds in order with

rhymes. (Five inward senses, order/category, introduction to phonics) 12 D6 – Stacking The Cabinets ... 14

Keep your memory safe with redundancy: visit them by looking up addresses and

neighbours. (Code, Store, Recall; cross-bracing) 14

D7 – Your Time To Sign ... 15 Signs put one meaning in another thing: learn how to form and remember them

through math instead of words. (Cross-bracing senses, caricatures) 15 D8 – On The Seventh Day ... 17

It is easy to make new ideas. Review code-store-recall, ordering/matching, crossed

senses, and the Dalí rule. Real life examples. 17

D9 – Home Sweet Home ... 18 Build structural spaces in your mind and put things in your house. (Organising) 18 D10 – Seek A Newer World ... 19

Read a poem out loud and draw pictures to store in your house. (Rhyme, rhythm,

and the memory triangle of word, sight, and sound. Poem, Ulysses.) 19 D11 – The People's Car ... 21

Present your ideas with simple pictures and talking points in the house. (Coding and recalling speeches by ear. Sales presentation, Volkswagen.) 21 D12 – Speech, Speech ... 24

Understand what makes a speech tick with Lincoln. Summarize his lines and keep

them in your house. (a simplified Gettysburg Address) 24

D13 – Sales Stitch... 27 Use your body rhyme to remember a list of assignments or a how-to guide as a

story. (Building narrative) 27

D14 – Relatively Speaking ... 28 Break down big words by linking sounds to sights. (Comparing sounds across

languages.) 28

Remember where you make sounds in a word, and link numbers to sounds.

(Spelling, reading, and consonants) 29

D16 – Plugging Into The Matrix ... 31 Replace the meaning of numbers with sounds, and then pictures; draw them in your

commute. (Building habits from routine memory.) 31

D17 – Hear The Clock Tick ... 33 Conclude the number games with big number challenges; understand the concept

between digital and analogue information. (Face memory.) 33

D18 – Faceblind ... 34 The Space-Picture-Action rule in action: piecemeal techniques to remember names

in spaces. 34

D19 – Funny One-liners ... 35 Draw caricatures by reading faces in pictures and exaggerating features. 35 Combine the space and picture from the last two lessons, and wrap it up with an

action. (Decluttering) 36

D22 – Cleaning Up For A Date ... 37 Simplify everything with the Dalí rule: skim through magazines and play with

numbers as dates. (Describing the indescribable and mental arithmetic) 37 D23 – Charting In The Sea Of Memory ... 39

Grow your memory by yourself, by observing how you speak and charting it.

(Building tables and systems, phonics and accents) 39

D24 – A World In Review ... 41 A summary of the memory triangle (word-sight-sound): some real life examples. 41 D25 –The Abstract House... 43 Using memory of space to remember 20 abstract ideas. (House files, abstraction) 43 D26 – Lost In Rhymes ... 48 Revisiting rhymes, routes, and the rest. The Ladder of Abstraction exercises. 48 D27 – Dirty Tricks ... 50 Revisiting the memory house, cleaning up, and redecorating with new sales tricks. 50 D28 – Troubleshooting ... 52

A final inventory in the house. New faces on old commutes. Sorting out the order in

abstract ideas. 52

D29 – Alma Mater ... 55 Cicero’s Original Method of Loci™. A final wrap-up of the three-by-three trivium for

extension studies. 56

D30 – The Long Goodbye ... 58 Films, novels, and stories. A final word on music and the Last Hippie. 58 Appendix: Ministerial Portraits ... 60

D1 – ‘WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AGAIN?’

The “21

st

_{century Art of Memory” is a 2500-years-late update for the}

rulebook of remembering things.

1. We learn to link 1

SOUNDS

_and 2

PICTURES

_{to say words.}

2. We link words together to 3

READ

_and 4

WRITE

_.

3. We use writing to find our 5

WAY

_{around the world.}

FIGURE 1 THE FORGETTING CURVE

WE EXERCISE OUR MEMORY OF NATURAL THINGS:

1. memory of 6

SIGHT

_{, both real and imagined,}

2. memory of 7

SOUND

_{, in actual and made-up words, and}

3. memory of 8

SPACE

_{, in houses and commutes.}

WE MOVE OVER TO OUR MEMORY OF MAN-MADE THINGS:

1. memory of words and lists (i.e. 9

ORDERED

_words),

2. memory of 10

TIME

_{and events, and}

1 _SOUNDS 2 _PICTURES 3 _READ 4 _WRITE 5 _WAY 6 _SIGHT 7 _SOUND 8 _SPACE 9 _ORDERED 10 _TIME

3. memory of 11

NUMBER

_{and the sounds they make.}

WE SET UP THREE SIMPLE RULES:

1. Every picture has a 12

POWERFUL

_, 13

UNUSUAL

14

ACTION

_.

2. Every event has a 15

SPACE

_{, an} 16

ACTION

_{, and a} 17

PICTURE

_.

3. Every story has 18

EVENTS

, and in stories, 19

ORDER

is king.

WE LEARN THREE MEMORY SKILLS:

1. 20

RHYMING

, as in songs and poems, to remember words.

2. 21

DRAWING

exaggerated pictures, or caricatures, to remember people’s faces.

3. 22

CROSS

23

-BRACING

your five senses, to remember signs.

THE RESULT IS THAT WE WILL REMEMBER, BY THE END OF THE MONTH,

1. Any 24

WORD

_or 25

PICTURE

_list,

2. Any 26

SPEECH

_or 27

NUMBER

_{, and}

3. Anyone’s 28

FACE

_and 29

NAME

_.

11 _NUMBER 12 _POWERFUL 13 _UNUSUAL 14 _ACTION 15 _SPACE 16 _ACTION 17 _PICTURE 18 _EVENTS 19 _ORDER 20 _RHYMING 21 _DRAWING 22 _{CROSS-BRACING} 23 _-BRACING 24 _WORD 25 _PICTURE 26 _SPEECH 27 _NUMBER 28 _FACE 29 _NAME

D2 – REMEMBERING IMAGINATION

IMAGINATION IS A BASIC LIFE SKILL: STRENGTHEN YOUR MEMORY WITH

EXAGGERATION AND PERSONIFICATION. (PICTURE LINK, FIVE OUTWARD

SENSES)

FIGURE 2 THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, BY SALVADOR DALI

1. Bugle 2. Control 3. Draw 4. Dredger 5. Frame 6. Jeans 7. Link 8. Potato 9. Sharon 10. Soy 11. Advantage 12. Currency 13. Family 14. Jam 15. Lace 16. Quilt 17. Rubber 18. Scallion 19. Ship 20. Tempo

ENCODE AND EXAGGERATE

 Encode the number within the picture.

 Pick the defining characteristics of the idea.

 Use exaggeration, personification, or both to highlight the idea.

FOR THE SECOND COLUMN:

 Six 30

JEANS

_{for worker ants.}

 Snow White cooking seven 31

LINKS

_.

 Eight 32

POTATOES

a week with one to spare.

 Nine 33

SHARON

_{for Ariel Sharon who is almost ninety.}

30 _JEANS

31 _LINKS 32 _POTATOES

 Ten (34

SOY

_{) bean chili.}

33 _SHARON

D3 – Linking It Up

MEMORY OF SIGHT AND THE FIRST LINK OF PICTURES

FIGURE 3‘I DON’T DO HUGS. I AM HUGS.’ SALVADOR DALI

 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain'

 3.14159265… 'How I like a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.'

THE CATHEDRAL ROUTE

1. Cathedral 2. 35

CLASS

3. Lentil 4. 36

PASSBOOK

5. Stepdaughter 6. 37

AARDVARK

7. Description 8. 38

DIPLOMA

9. Car/Drive 10. 39

FAHRENHEIT

11. Olive 12. 40

PIN

13. Theory 14. 41

TIN

15. Transport 35 _CLASS 36 _PASSBOOK 37 _AARDVARK 38 _DIPLOMA 39 _FAHRENHEIT 40 _PIN 41 _TIN

D4 – WALKING DOWN MEMORY LANE

OUR MEMORY OF SPACE IS WHAT GETS US HOME: STORE THINGS IN IT

WITH THE METHOD OF PLACE. (THE DALÍ RULE, COMMUTE)

FIGURE 4 THE TRUCKER'S BRAIN, BY SALVADOR DALI

THE COMMUTE

1. On a 42

PLANE

_{: touchdown onto the tarmac.}

2. Walking through a jet 43

BRIDGE

_.

3. Going through 44

CUSTOMS

_.

4. Entering the 45

ARRIVALS

hall.

5. Taking the 46

UNDERGROUND

_{train to city centre.}

6. Hitting the 47

PUB

_{next to the city centre train terminus.}

7. 48

TRAIN

_ride. 42 _PLANE 43 _BRIDGE 44 _CUSTOMS 45 _ARRIVALS 46 _UNDERGROUND 47 _PUB 48 _TRAIN

8. Reaching the 49

SUBURBAN

_station.

9. Walking along the 50

FOOTPATH

_{through the park.}

10. Arriving 51

HOME

_.

LIST OF TEN

1. Birth 2. 52

BRACE

3. Cherries 4. 53

COLD

5. Comfort 6. 54

CONDITION

7. Ground 8. 55

MARACA

9. Passenger 10. 56

VIOLIN

49 _SUBURBAN 50 _FOOTPATH 51 _HOME 52 _BRACE 53 _COLD 54 _CONDITION 55 _MARACA 56 _VIOLIN

D5 – BODY CHIMES

THE METHOD OF PLACE WORKS ON OUR BODY: LINK WORDS AND SOUNDS

IN ORDER WITH RHYMES. (FIVE INWARD SENSES, ORDER/CATEGORY,

INTRODUCTION TO PHONICS)

FIVE INWARD WITS:

"common wit", "57

IMAGINATION

_{", "fantasy", "estimation", and}

"58

MEMORY

_"

FIVE OUTWARD WITS (FIVE SENSES)

hearing, sight, smell, touch and taste.

SONNET 141, BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,

For they in thee a thousand errors note, But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise, Who in despite of view is pleased to dote.

Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted, Nor tender feeling to base touches prone,

Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited To any sensual feast with thee alone; But my five wits nor my five senses can Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee, Who leaves unswayed the likeness of a man, Thy proud heart's slave and vassal wretch to be. Only my plague thus far I count my gain, That she that makes me sin awards me pain.

57 _IMAGINATION

5. ILLUSTRATION SHOWING EXACTLY WHERE EACH OF THE 33 SOUNDS OF 1938 ENGLISH IS FORMED IN THE ORAL CAVITY (1938). TIME CAPSULE OF CUPALOY, BY WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC. PUBLIC

DOMAIN PER PRELINGER LIBRARY.

BODY RHYME TABLE

0 [f] [v] [hw] [w] Finger 1 [t] [d] [tsh] [dzh] Temple 2 [n] Nose 3 [m] Mouth 4 [th] [dh] Throat 5 [r] Ribs 6 [k] [g] [ng] Kidney 7 [sh] [zh] [s] [z] Shin 8 [l] Leg

D6 – STACKING THE CABINETS

KEEP YOUR MEMORY SAFE WITH REDUNDANCY: VISIT THEM BY LOOKING

UP ADDRESSES AND NEIGHBOURS. (CODE, STORE, RECALL; CROSS-BRACING)

DIE ZAHLEN VON NULL BIS FÜNFZEHN

/diː tsaːlən fɔn nʊl bɪs fʏnftseːn/

null /nʊl/ eins /aɪns/ zwei /tsvaɪ/ drei /dʁaɪ/ vier /fiːɐ/ fünf /fʏnf/ sechs /zɛks/ sieben /ziːbən/ acht /axt/ neun /nɔʏn/ zehn /tseːn/ elf /ɛlf/ zwölf /tsvœlf/ dreizehn /dʁaɪtseːn/ vierzehn /fɪʁtseːn/

D7 – YOUR TIME TO SIGN

SIGNS PUT ONE MEANING IN ANOTHER THING: LEARN HOW TO FORM AND

REMEMBER THEM THROUGH MATH INSTEAD OF WORDS. (CROSS-BRACING

SENSES, CARICATURES)

( ) ∑ ( )

( )

‘WHEN I SEE EQUATIONS, I SEE THE LETTERS IN COLORS: I DON'T KNOW WHY. AS I'M TALKING, I SEE VAGUE PICTURES OF BESSEL FUNCTIONS FROM JAHNKE AND EMDE'S BOOK, WITH LIGHT-TAN J'S, SLIGHTLY VIOLET-BLUISH N'S, AND DARK BROWN X'S FLYING AROUND. AND I WONDER WHAT THE HELL IT MUST LOOK LIKE TO THE STUDENTS.’

RICHARD FEYNMAN, NOBEL PRIZE WINNING PHYSICIST

COMPOUND INTEREST

( )

A equals P times open parenthesis, one plus r divided by n, close parenthesis to the power of nt.

 59

A

being the future value,

 60

P

being the principal, or initial investment,

 61

R

being the nominal interest rate,

 62

N

being the number of times the interest is compounded per year,

 and 63

T

_{being the number of years.}

LOGISTIC GROWTH

( )

 N is the world population in the year t

 K is the carrying capacity of our planet 59 _A 60 _P 61 _R 62 _N 63 _T

D8 – ON THE SEVENTH DAY

IT IS EASY TO MAKE NEW IDEAS. REVIEW CODE-STORE-RECALL,

ORDERING/MATCHING, CROSSED SENSES, AND THE DALÍ RULE. REAL LIFE

EXAMPLES.

IAMSCARED

1. I is for 64

IMPACT

_{. Head-on, rear-end, rollover, et cetera.}

2. A is for 65

AUTOMOBILE

_{, as opposed to bicycle and pedestrian incidents}

3. M is for 66

MEDICAL

_{history, including heart, liver, and immune system, blood}

clotting abilities, obesity, and pregnancy

4. S is for 67

SPEED

_{. 50 miles per hour, or 80 km per hour, is the cut-off point where}

medical attention becomes a must.

5. C is for 68

COMPARTMENT

_{intrusion. If the glove compartment is crushed by}

more than twelve inches or 30 cm, there will be significant injuries. 6. A is for 69

AGE

_{. Anyone under five or over fifty-five is at risk.}

7. R is for 70

RESTRAINTS

_{. Check if laps, shoulders, airbags and child seats are clear.}

8. E is for 71

EXTRICATION

_{. If it takes more than 20 minutes to free passengers,}

lives are at stake even if the trapped person is conscious. 9. D is for 72

DEATH

_. 64 _IMPACT 65 _AUTOMOBILE 66 _MEDICAL 67 _SPEED 68 _COMPARTMENT 69 _AGE 70 _RESTRAINTS 71 _EXTRICATION 72 _DEATH

D9 – HOME SWEET HOME

BUILD STRUCTURAL SPACES IN YOUR MIND AND PUT THINGS IN YOUR

HOUSE. (ORGANISING)

BUILDING CODE

1. It must consist of permanent and 73

SPLIT

_{spaces. Studios flats, RVs, and lofts, however} tiny or roomy they may be, need to be sliced up by their use.

2. It should have 74

TWO

_{levels. In plain English, it shouldn't be built like a maze. The first level}

are the big spaces where you can access the little spaces in the second level. If the front hall leads to the dining room, that should be the end of it, without a big walk-in closet or patio windows or anything.

3. Rooms have to be ordered. You should be able to number the rooms in a regular manner off the top of your head, even if you can't go directly from two consecutive rooms; bedrooms, for instance, might be sequenced in the clockwise direction.

SAMPLE HOUSE

 75

LOUNGE

: Kitchen island, stairwell/bookcase, settee, fridge, and the multifuel stove.

 76

YARD

: River, tool shed, green-lidded wheelie bin, blue-lidded recycling bin, and the

brown-lidded compost bin.

 77

BATHROOM

: Freestanding bath, toilet, washing machine, tumble dryer, and wash

basin.

 78

STUDY

: Bookshelves, desk, chair, laptop, and the ashtray.

 79

BEDROOM

: Double bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, nightstand, nightcap

73 _SPLIT 74 _TWO 75 _LOUNGE 76 _YARD 77 _BATHROOM 78 _STUDY 79 _BEDROOM

D10 – SEEK A NEWER WORLD

READ A POEM OUT LOUD AND DRAW PICTURES TO STORE IN YOUR HOUSE.

(RHYME, RHYTHM, AND THE MEMORY TRIANGLE OF WORD, SIGHT, AND

SOUND. POEM, ULYSSES.)

ULYSSES, BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (EXCERPT)

1 Come, my 80

FRIENDS

_,

'Tis not too late to seek a newer 81

WORLD

_.

Push off, and sitting well in order 82

SMITE

The sounding furrows; for my 83

PURPOSE

_holds

5 To 84

SAIL

_{beyond the sunset, and the baths}

Of all the western stars, until I 85

DIE

_.

It may be that the 86

GULFS

_{will wash us down:}

It may be we shall touch the 87

HAPPY

88

ISLES

_,

And see the great 89

ACHILLES

_{, whom we knew}

10 Though much is taken, much 90

ABIDES

_{; and though}

We are not now that 91

STRENGTH

_{which in old days}

Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, 92

WE

93

ARE

;

80 _FRIENDS 81 _WORLD 82 _SMITE 83 _PURPOSE 84 _SAIL 85 _DIE 86 _GULFS 87 _HAPPY 88 _ISLES 89 _ACHILLES 90 _ABIDES 91 _STRENGTH

One equal 94

TEMPER

_{of heroic hearts,}

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in 95

WILL

15 To strive, to seek, to 96

FIND

_{, and not to yield.}

92 _WE 93 _ARE 94 _TEMPER 95 _WILL 96 _FIND

D11 – THE PEOPLE'S CAR

PRESENT YOUR IDEAS WITH SIMPLE PICTURES AND TALKING POINTS IN

THE HOUSE. (CODING AND RECALLING SPEECHES BY EAR. SALES

PRESENTATION, VOLKSWAGEN.)

FIGURE 6 VOLKSWAGEN THINK SMALL CAMPAIGN

ECONOMY TALKING POINTS

97

IMPERFECT

_{. This car is not your dream vehicle.}

The picture is a worn down but working car. "It was the only thing to do after the 98

MULE

_died."

The picture is a poor farmer driving a VW bus. Is the 99

ECONOMY

_{trying to tell you something?}

The picture is a line chart of a boom and bust economy, shaped like a Beetle. Live 100

BELOW

_{your means.}

The picture is an underground Beetle. Think it over, New York, Chicago, San Francisco.

The picture has Beetle 101

TAXICABS

_{, which is what the ad is suggesting.}

MAINTENANCE TALKING POINTS

Will we ever 102

KILL

_{the bug? Never.}

The picture is a bug zapper. VW says they will go on making the Beetle forever. 97 _IMPERFECT 98 _MULE 99 _ECONOMY 100 _BELOW 101 _TAXICABS 102 _KILL

Need a 103

PART

_?

The picture is a car taken apart. VW parts are widely available.

A Volkswagen, obviously. Even with enough 104

SNOW

_{on it to hide the beetle shape.}

The picture is a running Beetle covered in snow. Its unique construction keeps dampness out.

The picture is a watertight Beetle 105

FLOATING

_{in a pond.}

How does a little bug survive in the automotive 106

JUNGLE

_?

The picture is the Beetle in an actual jungle. The answer is ‘inconspicuously’, because it keeps its head down and needs little maintenance.

TECHNOLOGY TALKING POINTS

107

LEMON

. This Volkswagen missed the boat.

The picture is a rejected Beetle on the shore because it has a minor fault, which makes it a ‘lemon’.

Impossible. A Volkswagen can’t 108

BOIL

_over.

The picture is an air-cooled radiator.

The only water it needs is the water you 109

WASH

_{it with.}

The picture is a man washing his car. The air-cooled car does not need to top up engine coolant.

V–V–Volkswagen announces 110

AIR

111

CONDITIONING

.

The picture is the driver with breeze in her hair. Again, pioneering heat exchange technology.

Why buy 112

ENVIRON

113

–MENTAL

when you can buy environ–normal?

The picture is a Prius owner hugging trees. Volkswagen claims to be a sane and environmental choice.

RETRO TALKING POINTS

114

FAT

. The years have been kind to this Volkswagen.

The picture is a modern Volkswagen that is fatter and roomier.

115

JUNK

_{in the trunk. This Volkswagen is carrying an extra burden.}

103 _PART 104 _SNOW 105 _FLOATING 106 _JUNGLE 107 _LEMON 108 _BOIL 109 _WASH 110 _AIR 111 _CONDITIONING 112 _ENVIRON 113 _–MENTAL 114 _FAT 115 _JUNK

The picture is seat belts, air bags, and whatnot that have been added over the years.

116

STUFFED

_{animal. The rabbit is back, and it’s bursting at the seams.}

The picture is a packed American VW Golf, or as they call it, the VW Rabbit. It was already here when we lived naked in huts.

The picture is a psychedelic, 117

FLOWER

-power VW Bus, as younger buyers

might imagine the seventies to be.

It is unusual to drive the vehicle you were conceived in.

The picture is a plain VW bus, which may have been lived in as a 118

TRAILER

_.

116 _STUFFED

117 _FLOWER 118 _TRAILER

D12 – SPEECH, SPEECH

UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES A SPEECH TICK WITH LINCOLN. SUMMARIZE

HIS LINES AND KEEP THEM IN YOUR HOUSE. (A SIMPLIFIED GETTYSBURG

ADDRESS)

THE COMPLETE ADDRESS

1. Eighty-seven years ago our parents made a new nation on this land, born free, and built on

the idea that all people are made 119

EQUAL

_.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 2. Now we are in a big 120

CIVIL

121

WAR

, testing whether that nation, or any nation,

imagined and built in this way, can last for long.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

3. We are 122

GATHERED

_{on a great battle-field of that war.}

We are met on a great battle-field of that war.

4. We have come to 123

SET

124

ASIDE

a part of this field as a grave for people who gave

their lives so that the nation can live.

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.

5. It is all 125

RIGHT

126

AND

127

GOOD

that we should do this.

It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

6. But, in a larger sense, we cannot 128

SET

129

ASIDE

, we cannot make holy, we cannot

honour this ground.

119 _EQUAL 120 _CIVIL 121 _WAR 122 _GATHERED 123 _SET 124 _ASIDE 125_RIGHT 126 _AND 127 _GOOD 128 _SET 129 _ASIDE

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.

7. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have 130

HONOURED

_{it, far above}

our poor power to add or take.

The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

8. The world will not note or remember for long what we say here, but it can never

131

FORGET

_{what they did here.}

The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

9. It is for us the living, rather, to be set here to the 132

UNFINISHED

_{work which they who}

fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

10. Instead, we are here to finish the 133

BIG

134

JOB

left before us:

a. we are more 135

LOYAL

_{to the cause for which the dead gave their final}

loyalty;

b. we firmly 136

DECIDE

_{that these men did not die for nothing;}

c. freedom will be 137

REBORN

_{in this nation, under God;}

d. and this government of the people, by the people, for the people, will not 138

DIE

139

OFF

_.

It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us –

- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion

- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom

- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

130 _HONOURED 131 _FORGET 132 _UNFINISHED 133 _BIG 134 _JOB 135 _LOYAL 136 _DECIDE 137 _REBORN 138 _DIE 139 _OFF

D13 – SALES STITCH

USE YOUR BODY RHYME TO REMEMBER A LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS OR A

HOW-TO GUIDE AS A STORY. (BUILDING NARRATIVE)

SALES PRESENTATION CHECKLIST

1. Prep and 140

SET

_. 2. Find the 141

HOOK

_. 3. 142

SIZE

them up.

4. Fix their 143

PROBLEM

_. 5. Get 144

EXCITED

_.

6. Show the 145

WAY

_. 7. What’s In It For 146

ME

_? 8. Build the 147

LOVE

_. 9. Listen and 148

SHOOT

_. 10. Close the 149

SALE

_.

140 _SET 141 _HOOK 142 _SIZE 143 _PROBLEM 144 _EXCITED 145 _WAY 146 _ME 147 _LOVE 148 _SHOOT 149 _SALE

D14 – RELATIVELY SPEAKING

BREAK DOWN BIG WORDS BY LINKING SOUNDS TO SIGHTS. (COMPARING

SOUNDS ACROSS LANGUAGES.)

A REMINDER

null, 150

EINS

_{, zwei,} 151

DREI

_{, vier,} 152

FÜNF

_{, sechs,} 153

SIEBEN

_{, acht,} 154

NEUN

_{, zehn,} 155

ELF

_{, zwölf,} 156

DREIZEHN

_{, vierzehn, und}

157

FÜNFZEHN

_.

TEN WORDS – ZEHN WORTE

Wurst /vʊʁst/ Nullachtfünfzehn /nʊl axtfʏnftseːn/ Verabredet /fɛʁ apʁeːdət/ Treppenwitz /tʁɛpənvɪts/ Kummerspeck /kʊmɐʃpɛk/ fremdschämen /fʁɛmtʃɛːmən/ Verschlimmbessern /fɛʁʃlɪmbɛsɐn/ Drachenfutter /dʁaxənfʊtɐ/ Handschuhschneeballwerfer /hantʃuːʃneːbalvɛʁfɐ/ Vergangenheitsbewältigung /fɛʁgaŋənhaɪtsbəvɛltɪgʊŋ/ 150 _EINS 151 _DREI 152 _FÜNF 153 _SIEBEN 154 _NEUN 155 _ELF 156 _DREIZEHN 157 _FÜNFZEHN

D15 – LIPPY NUMBERS

REMEMBER WHERE YOU MAKE SOUNDS IN A WORD, AND LINK NUMBERS TO

SOUNDS. (SPELLING, READING, AND CONSONANTS)

BODY RHYME BREAKDOWN

0. [f] [v] [hw] [w] Finger between teeth and lips.

1. [t] [d] [tsh] / t ʃ / [dzh] / d ʒ / Temple. Stopping with a raised tongue 2. [n] Nose: in your nose with raised tongue

3. [m] Mouth: in your nose with both lips

4. [th] [dh] Throat: forcing through your teeth

5. [r] Ribs: roll your tongue

6. [k] [g] [ng] /ŋ/ Kidney: back of tongue

7. [sh] /ʃ/ [zh] /ʒ/ [s] [z] Shin: forcing through your teeth and raised tongue

8. [l] Leg: stop with level tongue between your teeth

9. [p] [b] Ball: stopping with both lips

3714 4963 5398 4317 0213

Thirty-seven fourteen, forty-nine sixty-three, fifty-three ninety-eight, forty-three seventeen,

oh two thirteen. 158

MILL

159

TITHE

, Thebe cam, 160

RAM

161

BASH

, them tail,

162

FUN

163

TOM

.

MORE NUMBERS FOR PRACTICE

158 _MILL 159 _TITHE 160 _RAM 161 _BASH 162 _FUN 163 _TOM

European Union 502,519.9 (population, thousands) 164

GERMANY

81,751.6 165

FRANCE

65,075.3 166

UNITED

167

KINGDOM

62,435.7 Italy 60,626.4 Spain 47,190.4 Poland 38,200.0 Romania 21,413.8 Netherlands 16,655.8 Greece 11,325.9 Belgium 10,951.7 Portugal 10,636.9 Czech Republic 10,532.8 Hungary 9,985.7 Sweden 9,415.6 Austria 8,404.2 Bulgaria 7,504.9 Denmark 5,560.6 Slovakia 5,435.3 Finland 5,375.3 Ireland 4,480.8 Lithuania 3,244.6 Latvia 2,229.6 Slovenia 2,050.1 Estonia 1,340.2 Cyprus 804.4 Luxembourg 511.8 Malta 417.6 164 _GERMANY 165 _FRANCE 166 _UNITED 167 _KINGDOM

D16 – PLUGGING INTO THE MATRIX

REPLACE THE MEANING OF NUMBERS WITH SOUNDS, AND THEN PICTURES;

DRAW THEM IN YOUR COMMUTE. (BUILDING HABITS FROM ROUTINE

MEMORY.)

CREDIT CARD NUMBER: 3714

168

4963

₅₃₉₈

169

4317

EXPIRY DATE: 02/13

Mill, tithe, Thebe, cam, ram, bash, them, tail, fun, Tom.

A REMINDER: THE COMMUTE

1. On a 170

PLANE

_{: touchdown onto the tarmac.}

2. Walking through a 171

JET

172

BRIDGE

3. Going through 173

CUSTOMS

_.

4. Entering the 174

ARRIVALS

175

HALL

5. Taking the 176

UNDERGROUND

177

TRAIN

to 178

CITY

179

CENTRE

6. Hitting the 180

PUB

_{next to the} 181

CITY

182

CENTRE

183

TRAIN

184

TERMINUS

.

7.

185

TRAIN

186

RIDE

8. Reaching the 187

SUBURBAN

188

STATION

_.

168 ₄₉₆₃ 169 ₄₃₁₇ 170 _PLANE 171 _JET 172 _BRIDGE 173 _CUSTOMS 174 _ARRIVALS 175 _HALL 176 _UNDERGROUND 177 _TRAIN 178 _CITY 179 _CENTRE 180 _PUB 181 _CITY 182 _CENTRE 183 _TRAIN 184 _TERMINUS 185 _TRAIN 186 _RIDE 187 _SUBURBAN

9. Walking along the 189

FOOTPATH

190

THROUGH

191

THE

192

PARK

. 10. Arriving 193

HOME

_. 188 _STATION 189 _FOOTPATH 190 _THROUGH 191 _THE 192 _PARK 193 _HOME

D17 – HEAR THE CLOCK TICK

CONCLUDE THE NUMBER GAMES WITH BIG NUMBER CHALLENGES;

UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BETWEEN DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE

INFORMATION. (FACE MEMORY.)

FILL IN THE BLANKS.

/fɪt, fɪn, fɪm, fɪθ, fɪr,

__

__

__

__

__

__

fik, fɪl, fɪʃ, fɪb, tɪf,

__

__

__

__

__

__

tɪt, tɪn, tɪm, tɪθ, tɪr/

__

__

__

__

__

__

SUGGESTED SOLUTION:

/fɪt, fɪn, fɑrm, fɪfθ, fər, fɪk, fɪl, fɪʃ, fɪb, təf, tɪt, tɪn, tɪm, tajð, tɛr/ fit, fin, farm, fifth, fir, fick, fill, fish, fib, tuff, tit, tin, tim, tithe, tear.

COUNTING THE DAYS

194

943940

: NUMBER OF DAYS IN MODERN HISTORY

023640:

195

Average

196

Lifespan

197

of

198

a

199

human

200

in

201

days

202

013267

: NUMBER OF DAYS LEFT

194 ₉₄₃₉₄₀ 195 _Average 196 _Lifespan 197 _of 198 _a 199 _human 200 _in 201 _days 202 ₀₁₃₂₆₇

D18 – FACEBLIND

THE SPACE-PICTURE-ACTION RULE IN ACTION: PIECEMEAL TECHNIQUES TO

REMEMBER NAMES IN SPACES.

RELIGIOUS SPA

- Jesus 203

DIED

_{on the} 204

CROSS

_{for our} 205

SINS

_.

- Muhammad 206

PRAYED

in a 207

CAVE

and 208

RECEIVED

209

THE

210

QURAN

.

- Buddha 211

SAT

under a 212

TREE

and found 213

WISDOM

.

15 MYSTERY GUESTS

1. Stanley 2. 214

RAMSEY

3. Neville 4. 215

WINSTON

5. Clement 6. 216

ANTHONY

7. Harold (Supermac) 8. 217

ALEC

9. Harold 10. 218

EDWARD

11. James 12. 219

MAGGIE

13. John 14. 220

TONY

15. Gordon 203 _DIED 204 _CROSS 205 _SINS 206 _PRAYED 207 _CAVE 208 _RECEIVED 209 _THE 210 _QURAN 211 _SAT 212 _TREE 213 _WISDOM 214 _RAMSEY 215 _WINSTON 216 _ANTHONY 217 _ALEC 218 _EDWARD 219 _MAGGIE 220 _TONY

D19 – FUNNY ONE-LINERS

DRAW CARICATURES BY READING FACES IN PICTURES AND EXAGGERATING

FEATURES.

7. TWO FIXATIONS SUFFICE IN FACE RECOGNITION. JANET HUI-WEN HSIAO & GARRISON COTTRELL, DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, USA.

T-SCANNING FACES

1. 221

NOSE

: standard, straight.

2. Philtrum: marked, with laugh lines around the mouth. 3. 222

EYES

_{: lazy on the right.}

4. The rest of the face: a cleft chin, or a dimple chin.

NOSE TYPES:

Fleshy / Hawk / Pencil / Greek / Turned up / Roman / Snub / Nostrils / Bulbous / Bumpy / Sturdy / Nixon / Flat / No-nose.

221 _NOSE

D20 – PLEASE BE SEATED

COMBINE THE SPACE AND PICTURE FROM THE LAST TWO LESSONS, AND

WRAP IT UP WITH AN ACTION. (DECLUTTERING)

FILL IN THE BLANKS.

Space Name One-liner Action

NOSE

Anthony Eden

_NOSE

_{NOS NOSE E}

NOSE

Harold (Supermac)

Macmillan

_NOSE

_{NOS NOSE E}

NOSE

Alec Douglas-Home

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

Harold Wilson

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

Edward Heath

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

James Callaghan

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

Maggie Thatcher

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

John Major

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

NOSE

Tony Blair

_NOSE

_{NO NOSE SE}

D22 – CLEANING UP FOR A DATE

SIMPLIFY EVERYTHING WITH THE DALÍ RULE: SKIM THROUGH MAGAZINES

AND PLAY WITH NUMBERS AS DATES. (DESCRIBING THE INDESCRIBABLE

AND MENTAL ARITHMETIC)

RANDOM MAGAZINE

 Abertis considers sale of UK 223

AIRPORTS

o Imagine a butcher who hangs up airports on meat hooks on your kitchen island.

 Boeing's hopes to have 224

DREAMLINER

flying again by April o The huge Dreamliner is trying to hop up your stairs and tumbles down.

 VisitEngland launches new 225

'RURAL

226

SHORT

227

-BREAK'

_promotion

o Farmers are sitting on your settee, chilling out, and feeding you their heirloom ham.

 British tourist dies in 228

SHARM

229

EL

230

SHEIKH

o In the tropical resort, the tourist is stuffed in your fridge with zero dignity.

 Royal Caribbean appoints new 231

GODMOTHER

o This stove of yours is driving the Titanic, whose godmother is apparently Kristin Chenoweth now.

THE CALENDAR CODE

Picture Month code We see January Two-face 1 February 232

FEVER

4 March Warrior 4 April 233

LOVER

0

May Old Major 2

June 234

JUNIOR

5 July Caesar 0 August 235

LUCKY

3 223 _AIRPORTS 224 _DREAMLINER 225 _'RURAL 226 _SHORT 227 _-BREAK' 228 _SHARM 229 _EL 230 _SHEIKH 231 _GODMOTHER 232 _FEVER 233 _LOVER 234 _JUNIOR

236

DOG

September WTC 6 October 237

OCTOPUS

1 November Novel 4 December 238

CHRISTMAS

6 235 _LUCKY 236 _DOG 237 _OCTOPUS 238 _CHRISTMAS

D23 – CHARTING IN THE SEA OF MEMORY

GROW YOUR MEMORY BY YOURSELF, BY OBSERVING HOW YOU SPEAK AND

CHARTING IT. (BUILDING TABLES AND SYSTEMS, PHONICS AND ACCENTS)

BASIC TABLE LAYOUTS

Your Scheme I II III IV V …

F [f] [v] [hw] [w] 0 T [t] [d] [tsh] [dzh] 1 N 2 M 3 TH [th] [dh] 4 R 5 K [k] [g] [ng] 6 L 7 SH [sh] [zh] [s] [z] 8 B [p] [b] 9

CONSONANT-CONSONANT TABLE

F T N M TH R K L SH B 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F 0 FAFF FORTH

T 1 TUFF TEAT TOOTH

N 2 KNIFE NAN NORTH

M 3 MUFF MUM MOUTH

TH 4 THIEF THAT THIN THUMB CID (θið) THOR THICK TRILL THRUSH THEBE

R 5 RUFF WRATH ROAR

K 6 CUFF GARTH KICK

L 7 LOVE LOATH LULL

SH 8 SHOVE SLOTH SHUSH

B 9 BUFF BATH BOB

FULL VOWELS

Full Basic 10 0 1 2 (_) 3 4 5 6 7 (_) 8 9

EXAMPLE PALM LOT TRAP stack DRESS FACE KIT FLEECE nod hook WOO

IPA symbol ɑː ɒ æ a ɛ eɪ ɪ iː ɔ ʊ u ʌ

(Your Scheme) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

IPA symbol . . . aɪ aʊ . . . . ɔː ɔɪ oʊ ʊ uː juː .

Full Advanced 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

EXAMPLE PALM LOT TRAP PRICE MOUTH DRESS FACE KIT FLEECE THOUGHT CHOICE GOAT FOOT GOOSE cute STRUT

R-COLOURED VOWELS

R Advanced 32 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (33)

IPA symbol ɑr ɒr ær aɪər aʊər ɛr ɛər ɪr ɪər ɔr ɔɪər ɔər ʊr ʊər jʊər ʌr ɜr

EXAMPLE START moral barrow Ireland hour error SQUARE mirror NEAR NORTH loir FORCE courier boor cure borough NURSE

(Your Vowels) ɪ (Your Scheme) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ F [f] [v] [hw] [w] 0 FI(T) T [t] [d] [tsh] [dzh] 1 TI(P) N 2 NI(T) M 3 MI(TT) TH [th] [dh] 4 THI(S) R 5 RI(P) K [k] [g] [ng] 6 KI(T) L 7 LI(T) SH [sh] [zh] [s] [z] 8 SI(T) B [p] [b] 9 BI(T)

D24 – A WORLD IN REVIEW

A SUMMARY OF THE MEMORY TRIANGLE (WORD-SIGHT-SOUND): SOME

REAL LIFE EXAMPLES.

MANHATTAN: AN IBA OFFICIAL COCKTAIL

Type Cocktail

Primary alcohol by volume Whiskey

Served Straight up; without ice

Standard garnish cherry

Standard drinkware Cocktail glass Ingredients*

50ml rye or Canadian 239

WHISKY

20ml Sweet red 240

VERMOUTH

Dash Angostura 241

BITTERS

Maraschino 242

CHERRY

_(Garnish)

Preparation Stirred over ice, strained into a chilled glass, garnished, and served straight up.

THE BOILED DOWN MARTINI

5 STANDS FOR… Five centilitres

NOSE

Two cl

NOSE

Zero, as in a dash

NOSE

Rye Whiskey

NOSE

Red Vermouth

NOSE

Angostura Bitters

NOSE

Stir

NOSE

Strain

NOSE

Cocktail glass

NOSE

Cherry garnish

239 _WHISKY

240 _VERMOUTH 241 _BITTERS 242 _CHERRY

LIST OF 100 MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES:

1 243

CHINA

2 India 3 244

UNITED

245

STATES

4 Indonesia 5 246

BRAZIL

6 Pakistan 7 247

NIGERIA

8 Bangladesh 9 248

RUSSIA

10 Japan 11 Mexico 12 Philippines 13 Vietnam 14 Ethiopia 15 Egypt 16 Germany 17 Iran 18 Turkey 19 DR Congo 20 Thailand 21 France 22 UK 23 Italy 24 South Africa 25 South Korea 26 Myanmar 27 Colombia 28 Spain 29 Ukraine 30 Tanzania 31 Argentina 32 Kenya 33 Poland 34 Algeria 35 Canada 36 Uganda 37 Iraq 38 Morocco 39 Sudan 243 _CHINA 244 _UNITED 245 _STATES 246 _BRAZIL 247 _NIGERIA 248 _RUSSIA 40 Peru 41 Malaysia 42 Uzbekistan 43 Saudi Arabia 44 Venezuela 45 Nepal 46 Afghanistan 47 Ghana 48 North Korea 49 Yemen 50 Mozambique 51 Taiwan 52 Australia 53 Syria 54 Ivory Coast 55 Madagascar 56 Angola 57 Sri Lanka 58 Cameroon 59 Romania 60 Kazakhstan 61 Netherlands 62 Chile 63 Niger 64 Malawi 65 Burkina Faso 66 Ecuador 67 Guatemala 68 Mali 69 Cambodia 70 Zambia 71 Zimbabwe 72 Senegal 73 Chad 74 Cuba 75 Belgium 76 Guinea 77 Greece 78 Tunisia 79 Portugal 80 Rwanda 81 Czech Republic 82 Bolivia 83 Haiti 84 Hungary 85 Somalia 86 Sweden 87 Belarus 88 Dominican Republic 89 Benin 90 Azerbaijan 91 Burundi 92 Austria 93 Honduras

94 United Arab Emirates 95 South Sudan 96 Switzerland 97 Israel 98 Tajikistan 99 Bulgaria 100 Serbia

D25 –THE ABSTRACT HOUSE

USING MEMORY OF SPACE TO REMEMBER 20 ABSTRACT IDEAS. (HOUSE FILES,

ABSTRACTION)

FIGURE 8 FRANCISCO DE GOYA, SATURNO DEVORANDO A SU HIJO

IN SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON, SATURN, GOD OF PLENTY, IS EATING HIS SON. THE HEAD AND LEFT ARM IS ALREADY GONE. HIS EYES POP OUT IN THE BLACK BACKGROUND.

FIGURE 9 DIAGRAM SHOWING THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE BLACK PAINTINGS IN LA QUINTA DEL SORDO

READ OR LISTEN

1. 249

SLEEP

250

OF

251

REASON

252

PRODUCES

253

MONSTERS

: Goya is asleep on his painting desk, and some devils – owls and

bats, folly and unknown – attack him as he buries his head in his arms.

249 _SLEEP 250 _OF 251_REASON 252 _PRODUCES

2. 254

THE

255

THIRD

256

OF

257

MAY

258

1808

: a fierce and unfeeling firing

squad is about to kill a messy group of people early in the morning. One man, about to be shot, opens his arms wide as he stands on top of the dead bodies.

3. 259

THE

260

NUDE

261

AND

262

CLOTHED

263

MAJA

: two pictures of

the same prim and proper lady lying back on a bed of pillows, with her hands behind her head.

4. 264

YARD

265

WITH

266

LUNATICS

_{: Behind high walls and without a roof,}

naked and crazy people are cut off from the world and the rest of us.

5. 267

THE

268

DISASTERS

269

OF

270

WAR

: there are 82 post-card sized

prints of war crimes, in three groups: war, famine, and cultural stories.

6. 271

THE

272

FATES

: The goddess of death cuts the cloth of life with scissors; her

sisters spin new life and measure a length of time. A man sits in front of the three goddesses, with his hands tied behind him.

7. 273

AN

274

OLD

275

MAN

276

AND

277

A

278

MONK

: the old, bearded god of

time has a scary monk shouting into his ear. (Goya was deaf and hearing voices by then.)

8. 279

TWO

280

OLD

281

MEN

282

EATING

283

SOUP

_{: the men are so hungry}

they somehow have formed a smile with their mouth, like their teeth have fallen off from the lack of food. Their eyes are just holes.

253 _MONSTERS 254 _THE 255 _THIRD 256 _OF 257 _MAY 258 ₁₈₀₈ 259 _THE 260 _NUDE 261 _AND 262 _CLOTHED 263 _MAJA 264 _YARDS 265 _WITH 266 _LUNATICS 267 _THE 268 _DISASTERS 269 _OF 270 _WAR 271 _THE 272 _FATES 273 _AN 274 _OLD 275 _MAN 276 _AND 277 _A 278 _MONK 279 _TWO 280 _OLD 281 _MEN 282 _EATING 283 _SOUP

9. 284

FIGHTING

285

WITH

286

CUDGELS

: two men club each other to death

with cudgels, which are short thick sticks. Both of them are trapped knee-deep in quicksand.

10. 287

WITCHES’

288

SABBATH

: Goya makes fun of superstitious people by

drawing a funny Devil-goat who is the master of a team of terrified witches.

11. 289

MEN

290

READING

: This painting is also called Politicians. Six men are

reading a printed page, probably a newspaper article about themselves, on the lap of a sitting man.

12. 291

JUDITH

292

AND

293

HOLOFERNES

: In the Bible, a beautiful widow

saved her city by seducing the invader’s general, and hacking his head off after he falls asleep.

13. 294

PILGRIMAGE

295

TO

296

SAN

297

ISIDRO

: it is night-time at a seaside

holiday resort, and drunk tourists are turning into monsters.

14. 298

MEN

299

MOCKED

300

BY

301

TWO

302

WOMEN

: it is the opposite

of Men Reading, about two women laughing cruelly at the ugly body of a man who loves himself.

15. 303

PROCESSION

304

OF

305

THE

306

HOLY

307

OFFICE

_{: unholy}

men and women of the church are walking in a line underneath the open sky, showing everybody how holy they are.

16. 308

THE

309

DOG

_{: it is the head of a small black dog looking up. The entire painting is}

almost empty, but something huge is hiding the dog’s body. We don’t know what it is. 284 _FIGHTING 285 _WITH 286 _CUDGELS 287 _WITCHES’ 288 _SABBATH 289 _MEN 290 _READING 291 _JUDITH 292 _AND 293 _HOLOFERNES 294 _PILGRIMAGE 295 _TO 296 _SAN 297 _ISIDRO 298 _MEN 299 _MOCKED 300 _BY 301 _TWO 302 _WOMEN 303 _PROCESSION 304 _OF 305 _THE 306 _HOLY 307 _OFFICE 308 _THE 309 _DOG

17. Saturn Devouring His Son: Saturn, god of plenty, is eating his son. The head and left arm is already gone. His eyes pop out whitely in the black background.

18. 310

LA

311

LEOCADIA

: Goya’s younger maid and sometime lover is in funeral dress,

resting against a grave. We don’t know whose grave it is, but we can guess.

19. 312

FANTASTIC

313

VISION

: a man and a woman are flying, frightened,

looking in different directions. War and destruction on the ground is so far away, it is almost invisible.

20. 314

HEADS

315

IN

316

A

317

LANDSCAPE

: it is a painting of a window. Five

strange-looking people peep at us suspiciously from one corner, as we do the same to them.

310 _LA 311 _LEOCADIA 312 _FANTASTIC 313 _VISION 314 _HEADS 315 _IN 316 _A 317 _LANDSCAPE

D26 – LOST IN RHYMES

REVISITING RHYMES, ROUTES, AND THE REST. THE LADDER OF ABSTRACTION

EXERCISES.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

 How long is human history? 318

943940

_{. The rhyme is ‘both mob that’}

 How long is a lifetime? 023640. The rhyme is 319

‘FUN

320

MEEK

321

THIEF’

 How much time do we have? 322

013267

_{. The rhyme is ‘fit men kill’.}

LEIF ERICSON’S ROUTE

1. Rogaland, Norway; 2. Þingvellir, Iceland;

3. Eastern Settlement, Greenland; 4. Baffin Island, Nunavut; and 5. Labrador, Newfoundland.

THE GREAT COMMISSION

318 ₉₄₃₉₄₀ 319 _FUN 320 _MEEK 321 _THIEF 322 ₀₁₃₂₆₇

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother 323

ANDREW

_{, James,} 324

JOHN

_,

Philip, 325

BARTHOLOMEW

_{, Matthew,} 326

THOMAS

_{, James son of Alphaeus,}

Simon who was called the 327

ZEALOT

_{, Judas son of James, and} 328

JUDAS

329

ISCARIOT

, who became a traitor. Lk 6:12-16

323 _ANDREW 324 _JOHN 325 _BARTHOLOMEW 326 _THOMAS 327 _ZEALOT 328 _JUDAS 329 _ISCARIOT

D27 – DIRTY TRICKS

REVISITING THE MEMORY HOUSE, CLEANING UP, AND REDECORATING WITH

NEW SALES TRICKS.

THE BOUBA/KIKI EFFECT

10. BOUBA/KIKI EFFECT, KÖHLER, 1929.

A SLOGAN IS FOREVER

 Room 1 is An Offer of 330

LOVE

_.

 Room 2 is A Necessary 331

LUXURY

_.

330 _LOVE 331 _LUXURY

 Room 3 is A Diamond Is 332

FOREVER

 Room 4 is New 333

TRADITIONS

 Room 5 is 334

SIZE

_Matters

332 _FOREVER

333 _TRADITIONS 334 _SIZE

D28 – TROUBLESHOOTING

A FINAL INVENTORY IN THE HOUSE. NEW FACES ON OLD COMMUTES. SORTING

OUT THE ORDER IN ABSTRACT IDEAS.

BONUS COMMUTE: VISITING A FRIEND

1. Walk.

2. 335

TRAM

.

3. Mainline.

4. 336

CHANGE

337

AT

338

JUNCTION

5. Rail-Tube change.

6. 339

TUBE

340

-TUBE

341

CHANGE

7. Bus. 8. 342

STEEP

343

STREET

9. Friend’s dog. 10. 344

BEER

11. Food. 12. 345

POKER

13. Dinner. 14. 346

WHISKEY

15. Home.

BONUS PARTY: U.S. PRESIDENTS IN THE 20

TH

_CENTURY

1. 347

THEODORE

Roosevelt

2. William Howard 348

TAFT

335 _TRAM 336 _CHANGE 337 _AT 338 _JUNCTION 339 _TUBE 340 _-TUBE 341 _CHANGE 342 _STEEP 343 _STREET 344 _BEER 345 _POKER 346 _WHISKEY 347 _THEODORE

3. 349

WOODROW

Wilson 4. Warren G. 350

HARDING

5. 351

CALVIN

Coolidge 6. Herbert 352

HOOVER

7. 353

FRANKLIN

_{D. Roosevelt} 8. Harry S. 354

TRUMAN

9. 355

DWIGHT

_{D. Eisenhower} 10. John F. 356

KENNEDY

11. 357

LYNDON

B. Johnson 12. Richard 358

NIXON

13. 359

GERALD

Ford 14. Jimmy 360

CARTER

15. 361

RONALD

Reagan 16. … 348 _TAFT 349 _WOODROW 350 _HARDING 351 _CALVIN 352 _HOOVER 353 _FRANKLIN 354 _TRUMAN 355 _DWIGHT 356 _KENNEDY 357 _LYNDON 358 _NIXON 359 _GERALD 360 _CARTER 361 _RONALD

FIGURE 11 PIET 362

Mondrian

_{, COMPOSITION WITH YELLOW, BLUE, AND RED, 1937-42, OIL ON}

CANVAS, 72.5 X 69 CM, TATE GALLERY. LONDON

FIGURE 12 RED AND BLUE CHAIR, 363

neoplasticist

_{DESIGN BY GERRIT RIETVELD IN 1917}

362 _Mondrian

FIGURE 13 LES DEMOISELLES D'364

Avignon

_{, BY PABLO PICASSO}

363 _{neoplasticist}

D29 – ALMA MATER

CICERO’S ORIGINAL METHOD OF LOCI™. A FINAL WRAP-UP OF THE

THREE-BY-THREE TRIVIUM FOR EXTENSION STUDIES.

‘GO TELL THE SPARTANS, PASSERBY: THAT HERE, BY SPARTAN LAW, WE LIE.’

EPITAPH AT THERMOPYLAE, COMPOSED BY SIMONIDES, TRANSLATED BY FRANK MILLER

PREVIOUSLY IN OUR MEMORY…

 IAMSCARED. 365

FIRST

_aid.

 Ulysses. 366

RETIREMENT

speech.

 Gettysburg. 367

MOTIVATIONAL

_speech.

 Sales Prep. 368

APPRAISAL

_speech.

 Sausages. Forgone waltzes. 369

VOCABULARY

_.

 Stanley to Ronald. 370

HISTORICAL

_trivia.

MENTAL ARITHMETIC

 371

ADDING

things, as in exaggeration.

 372

OMITTING

things, as in abstraction.

 Changing the 373

ORDER

_{of things, as in ‘A lack of pies is a pack of lies’, and}

 374

SUBSTITUTING

one thing for another, as in ‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen:

lend me your ears’. 365 _FIRST 366 _RETIREMENT 367 _MOTIVATIONAL 368 _APPRAISAL 369 _VOCABULARY 370 _HISTORICAL 371 _ADDING 372 _OMITTING 373 _ORDER

MENTAL OPERATIONS

 we can add and strengthen details by 375

EXAGGERATION

 we can take away details and make it an 376

ABSTRACTION

_,

 we can make funny mistakes by switching order,

 and we can substitute things that share an 377

ABSTRACTION

_.

374 _SUBSTITUTING

375 _EXAGGERATION 376 _ABSTRACTION 377 _ABSTRACTION

D30 – THE LONG GOODBYE

FILMS, NOVELS, AND STORIES. A FINAL WORD ON MUSIC.

AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS, BY OLIVER SACKS

"The Case of the 378

COLORBLIND

379

PAINTER

_"

‘A Surgeon’s Life’ ‘To See and Not See’

378 _COLORBLIND

"The 380

LANDSCAPE

_{of His} 381

DREAMS

_”

Pontito, Tuscany, by Franco Magnani,

"382

PRODIGIES

_{" – Sydney, by Stephen Wiltshire}

"An Anthropologist on Mars" "The Last Hippie"

MEMORY IS THE DIARY THAT WE ALL CARRY ABOUT WITH US.

OSCAR WILDE

380 _LANDSCAPE

381 _DREAMS 382 _PRODIGIES

APPENDIX: MINISTERIAL PORTRAITS