Ideas for Walls Lyrics

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Cover art for Ideas for Walls lyrics by Men Without Hats

The age-old concept of the memory palace began as a mnemonic technique in ancient Greece, in which one memorizes lists of names or concepts by imagining them being placed in rooms of a building, or on walls of a room. I like the way this concept is presented here, in conjunction with another mnemonic, the objects standing for letters standing for words. The MWH mnemonic is very clever, with the mirror making a "double you" - see what he did there? The night life bit may refer to entering the memory palace while dreaming, which is a method of introducing free association and stimulating creativity.

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