MAJOR DICTIONARY · PALACES

pal·ace, n.: a familiar place broken into named loci; pin an entry to each, then walk it.

my palaces

Adopt a stock palace from the gallery below, or create your own. Adopting one doesn't replace the system you onboarded with.

stock palacessix illustrated templates

Photo-walk creation lands in a future sprint. For now these are the templates to start from.

stock palace · villa
Tuscan Villa

A stone farmhouse on a hillside outside Siena. Olive trees, a long shaded terrace, a kitchen with the door open to the garden.

12 loci
stock palace · studio
NYC Studio

A 400-square-foot studio in a Brooklyn walkup. Every fixture is a locus because every fixture is necessary.

12 loci
stock palace · library
Oxford Library

Borrowed from the Bodleian. Fifteen reading rooms, each with one defining feature: a stained-glass window, a portrait, an ancient atlas open to a particular page.

15 loci
stock palace · outdoor
Seaside Boardwalk

Brighton on a clear day. Fourteen open-air loci: the carousel, the pier, the candy shop. Each one big enough to hold a scene.

14 loci
stock palace · villa
Childhood Home (Archetype)

Not yours, but yours. A 1950s suburban two-story: picket fence, screen door, a kitchen that always smells of toast. Adopted by anyone who didn't grow up in a Tuscan villa.

16 loci
stock palace · transit
Metro Station

An underground commuter station: Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City, take your pick. The architecture is universal because the Method of Loci needs the shape, not the surface.

14 loci
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