Page 78 - Use Your Memory

THE NUMBER-SHAPE SYSTEM

Now that you have generated several of your own number-images and
have seen other suggestions, you should select the Number-Shape
Key Memory Image for each number that is the best one for you.
When you have done this, draw in below and overleaf your
appropriate image for each number. (Don't feel inhibited if you
consider yourself not good at art; your right brain needs the
practice.) The more colours you can use in your images, the
better.
At the end of this paragraph you should close your eyes and test
yourself by mentally running through the numbers from 1 to 10 in
order. As you come to each number, mentally link it with the
Number-Shape Key Memory Image you have selected and
drawn, using the Basic Memory Principles throughout, especially
exaggeration, colour and movement. Make sure you actually see
the images on the videoscreen of your closed eyelids. When you
have done this exercise once, run through the numbers in reverse
order, again linking them with your chosen word and again
applying the Basic Memory Principles. Next, pick out numbers
randomly and as quickly as you can, making a game to see how
quickly the image comes to mind. And finally reverse the whole
process by flashing the images on your internal videoscreen, see-
ing how quickly you can connect the basic numbers to your
images. Do this exercise now.

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