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Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - Printable Version +- kanji koohii FORUM (http://forum.koohii.com) +-- Forum: Learning Japanese (http://forum.koohii.com/forum-4.html) +--- Forum: Remembering the Kanji (http://forum.koohii.com/forum-7.html) +--- Thread: Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? (/thread-11520.html) |
Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - megaplex2112 - 2014-01-30 Does anyone have any tips on how they are using more of their creative imagination and not their visual imagination (based on prior experiences) to help get through RTK 1? I am starting out but am finding that I need about 5-10 minutes per kanji just to create that key image in my mind. Therefore, with work, I can only go through about 5 kanji per day which have authentic images. I know the book mentions that images stick longer in the mind when the creative side of the mind is used by creating authentic images instead of taking images from your past and modifying them. However, sometime I get trapped into using older images like using Kirby's mouth, instead of creating my own weird character with a mouth. Please share with me how you are going about imagining these wonderful yet deep stories! Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - Ephel - 2014-01-30 I cannot give you any good advice because most of the times I don't even need a fully fledged story, so I ended up making them only for characters that give me some real troubles... but I want to tell you this: no matter how you'll do it, it's gonna get faster, so don't get discouraged. [Now wait for better advices than mine] Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - riogray - 2014-01-30 What helps me, is to create a story which is absurd or extremely disgusting or very cheesy; in short a story which is exceptional. To give you a example (I learn the German RtK, so keywords will probably not match): "The finger boards a train to go to his love. To see her tip shine he bought flowers, which match her tone." Absolutly bonkers, a finger is not able to board a train, how on earth would a fingertip shine and what flowers have the hue of skin? But that's beside the point, because for me the story translated easily into a picture. So, for me at least, these stories tend to stick faster and better. Hope this can be of help to you. Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - Splatted - 2014-01-30 Lots of people use images from their memory for the radicals. I don't recall what Heisig says about it but for me it's much more effective to use a fully realised person/character that means something to me than to make up something that exists only within my Kanji stories. Also, it's okay (and inevitable) that you'll forget things so try and find a good balance between time spent per kanji and how quickly you forget them. If they're taking 5-10 mins each then it's probably more efficient to go through them quicker and use the time saved to review the ones you forget. Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - Linval - 2014-01-30 Don't worry so much about that - Heisig's emphasis on imaginative memory stems from a time when SRS simply didn't exist yet. So unless you plan on doing your reviews on physical flashcards, I suggest you try spending less time on your stories - the SRS will make up for the most mediocre ones. I started out like you, but about a quarter of the way through the book, I simply dropped the complex, well-crafted stories for easier, more immediate ones. This not only prevented a burn out, but it also sped up the process dramatically without any significant loss of retention rate. The bottom line still being do what you're comfortable with, but don't burn yourself out - Tips for Using Creative Imagination?? - Aspiring - 2014-01-31 I agree with Splatted. Consider the base radicals you wish to use in your story. Close your eyes. Again, consider the base radicals you wish to use in your story. Let your mind wander (.....). Verbalize every detail you see. This may be called daydreaming, free association, or image streaming. This incorporates various memories and improves reasoning and association. Random images or memories may coalesce into a new experience. ^ : a summary of the excerpt below Quote:This is the primary technique which you should use in order to reach [...]. It aidsThe Complete Guide to Genius (14-15, 19) |