Become familiar with the mind's eye picture and realize its value in
memory, then follow the exercises given here until you are able to use
it correctly for memory purposes. For practice visualize a House, use
one that is familiar to you, see it as clearly as possible. Build a
clear, definite picture as an artist would, first the outline, then add
the detail, see the slope of the roof, the chimney, the gables, then
see the shingles and the cracks between them, the bricks in the chimney
and the plaster veins between.
=The more distinctly you can see this object, the stronger the
impression upon the brain--the longer it will last and the easier
it will be to recall it.=
The use of the exercises on Visualization in Book One will make it
possible for you to build at once a clear picture of the House. If you
have any difficulty in doing this, follow the instructions for drawing
the outline and other suggestions given for the development of the
faculty of visualization as they are found in the first book.