notes for January 14

Visit an unfrequented church-
allow your memory losai to flourish and allow yourself to remember things, events, names, people, places,...
Memories are formed as one journeys
3 keys to remember:
1. location (loci)
2. image (picture)
3. an interesting or grotesque fact

The person with the beautiful eyes is Kate Beaudoin.
The person with the funny story about his name is Tae.
Dr. Sexson is the mnemonic teacher, we are his students...

The nine muses are:
Calliope
the 'beautiful of speech'
chief of the Muses and Muse of epic or heroic poetry

Clio
the 'glorious one'
Muse of history

Erato
the 'amorous one'
Muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs

Euterpe
the 'well-pleasing'
Muse of music and lyric poetry

Melpomene
the 'chanting one'
Muse of tragedy

Polyhymnia or Polymnia
the '[singer] of many hymns
Muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric

Terpsichore
the '[one who] delights in dance'
Muse of choral song and dance

Thalia
The 'blossoming one'
Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry

Urania
the 'celestial one'
Muse of astronomy

The mother of the muses is Mnemosyne and the father is Zeus.
This is a great picture of the muses on http://caius-ebook.com/NineMuses.jpg