Re: The Hidden Life is Best

On 4/26/2024 5:37 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:53:20 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:
 

A mnemonic mechanism called a "memory palace" served speakers such as
Antony in antiquity. Oration demanded brute memory as crib notes
remained a futuristic fantasy to a paperless age.
    The TV show _Sherlock_ sometimes simulates a similar "mind palace:"

 Wish I'd trained that way - I did a speech at my Toastmasters club
that objectively was a good speech - at least until I quoted Horatio
Alger then forgot his name.....

I have about an hour of memorized speech for a club I'm in.
But I seem to have a talent for it. I memorized the lyrics
of many Broadway musicals as a kid, and it still happens if
I hear a song more than a few times (if the words are
intelligible - so much is poorly enunciated these days).
pt