According to George A. Miller, short term memory can only retain seven (plus or minus two) chunks of information at any given time. For example, upon reaching reaching a tenth chunk, one existing chunk is lost bringing the number back to nine. The key in remembering the chunks is its meaningfulness.
Meaningful information by nature is subjective. Therefore in order to retain the maximum
number of chunks in short term memory it is critical to make it personal.
Creatively assigning mnemonic devices to the short term memory chunks for later long term storage is one way to improve memory.
When acquiring a second language, according to Krashen, subconscious acquisition is apparently more important. This is due in part to meaningful and natural interaction with the language.
For our purposes dealing with creativity, we can assume that meaningful and natural interaction with unknown information/chunks can lead to subconscious acquisition. The real question is the acquisition of what?
It is said to surround yourself with that which is either beautiful or practical. There seems to be some truth in this. If you surround yourself with anything else then we can assume you are subconsciously acquiring chunks that we may not necessarily be desirable in regards to spurring creativity and/or structure. Said nasty chunks, in theory could make their way into long term storage and further with a little more speculation—could be those dirty blockers to creativity.
How then do we filter?
Next beat - Creative Filtering Systems.
Thanks,
Matthew, MB
Beat your Mental
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