Liz-- Thanks so much for your input on Arachne. You have explained a lot about my tricky memory. When I sight read music I know exactly where the muscles of my voice should be and silently make the sounds (hope that makes sense). When I have to memorize words, or remember names, I don't have anything to hold onto, like muscle movements of throat or fingers, so I can't seem to remember them. Lace patterns--rose ground, for instance--seem to relate in my mind to the action of placing the pins, and if I don't stick to the same order of the motions I tend to get mixed up. That seems to relate to the combination of eyes and hand motions. And back to sight reading music, the same process seems to be the case in being able to follow diagrams but not word-written directions.
So thanks for explaining the mystery of my memory. Had I known all this in first grade, arithmetic might have made sense to what is basically a mathematically inclined mind. I can now rest easy in my 84th year, realizing that it is not a failing condition of my brain but a well explained way of learning. Tess - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
