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Cubist fauns in the Visual Alphabet

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A German Expressionist Squirrel from 1913 Although LK distinguishes between the visual alphabet for short term lists and the memory palace for things you want to keep, I'm doing it differently. Maybe I only need to do this while I'm getting familiar with the ensemble. Using the alphabet like a strip of tape on which I'm sketching something, and then transferring it, beast and all, onto a memory space. I tried that by accident with the kids and the 12 books. I used the 12 animals to connect the books, then I laid the series around the room with the animals and the books together. It seemed like a not-bad way to get some familiarity with the alphabet creatures. I don't have many 26 item long lists. I'm wondering if you always need to start at A. I'm not very successful at remembering them with no content. If the content gets glued into the alphabet, I think it doesn't really matter. They can just hang out. I think if it turns out over complicated, then t