Hi Margaret,
I listened to the CD again today and thought I had clarity for a moment. The suggestion was made that once we have 55 or so auxilary threads, we've developed a web that can then stand on its own and further information can be related directly to this new structure. No problem.
Imagineez's examples are excellent. My problem continues to be that I'm trying to build a procedure based on comments on the CD. Building threads based on personal experience seems reasonable and "doable." Applying a coherent structure to new information based on Klingons, animals, or fugues just isn't registering well.
I can comprehend how you might use your lawnmowing example to remember things you want to buy or to remember topics for a speech. What I can't figure out is how you might use those elements to learn an entirely new topic. Say you want to learn to play the violin (with no previous musical background) or you had the desire to learn calculus, how would you then use your lawnmower example? Doesn't there need to be some correspondence between the topics? How does linking the integral to Stabil or the area under a curve to the oil provide a useful thread? Perhaps you could link the area under a curve to one of the areas you mow, but even that seems a bit iffy.
Am I making any sense here or have I gone off on a tangent that serves only to confuse?
