liberating when it comes to thinking creatively.
You can make a Mind Map in any place, in any physical position, especially if
you are a yoga practitioner, a gymnast, a dancer or a little kid. You can create a
Mind Map in your meditation position, for instance, as Mind Maps will help
settle and balance your thoughts by synchronizing the workings of your brain’s
two hemispheres. Many people, especially children, make them while lying flat
on their stomach on the floor, propping up their head with their hands.
But there is no need to turn yourself into a contortionist! Keep your Mind Map
as upright as you can, with its branches as close to the horizontal as possible,
which will make the Mind Map much easier to read and recall. As you write and
draw, allow your hand to travel across the paper, rather than rotating the paper
itself.
To increase the visual appeal of your Mind Map and its impact, collect a
selection of coloured easy-flowing pens, ranging in thickness from thin nib to
highlighter, to vary and to strengthen your Mind Map’s colour coding and visual
appeal to the memory. (Remember the von Restorff effect discussed in
Chapter
1
,
page 40
.)
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