In other words, drawing out the things we want to remember can be a powerful technique to combat our natural declines in memory, better even than repeatedly writing them down or listing characteristics and descriptors.
(Tim Herrera, “A Simple Way to Better Remember Things: Draw a Picture,” NYTimes, 1-6-19)
(c) 2019 JMN.
I completely agree. A tree once drawn is forever known
Your work is a wonderful instance of this principle.
Thank you
I’ll have to try that, though the things I have trouble remembering are numbers and foreign language vocabulary (working on my Thai lately). The things I COULD draw a picture of, er, I don’t have a problem remembering so much.