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>>17596064

>What bugged me were the somewhat long and complex mnemonics

Yeah, that's because they're in text form, but you don't memorize the text itself. The visualization is like this painting. If you try to (accurately) describe every aspect of it in words to someone it's inevitably gonna end up sounding long and confusing, maybe downright nonsensical. But if you show them the painting itself, every aspect of your entire long-ass description is right there, contained within a single image which you can easily picture in your head.

If you take a bit of time looking at the painting and memorizing its details, it's entirely possible that a couple of years from now when you see the same painting again in some completely different context, even if you haven't thought of it for a single second in the interim you might go "Hey, I remember seeing this painting before" as your brain brings the image of it out of suspension. It's the same deal with visualizations, and why they're so effective.