Something to say and how to say By Grenville Kleiser #
EXERCISES TO DEVELOP POWERS OF OBSERVATION #
- As you look at an object, think what you would say if you were after- ward asked to deseribe it. Consider its size, color, use, character, location,his- tory, or other details.
- Assume that you will be asked to deseribe the next man to whom you speak. Carefully note his face in detail, his voice, use of words, ideas, personal appearance, manner, and personality.
- Look about you quickly. Close your eyes, and deseribe in detail what you saw. Again look about you, and repeat the ex- ereise, endeavoring to add to your first enumeration of details.
- Occasionally describe from memory various objects, scenes, or events, such as a flower, tree, building, church, land- seape, the sky, sea, country, or a dinner, meeting, procession, race, game, or jour- ney.
- Write out a detailed deseription of something you have recently seen.
- Read a page in a book, then write out a resumé in your own words.
- Deseribe, in writing, a street along which you pass daily.
- After you have heard a lecture, sermon, or address, try to repeat aloud the substance of what you have heard. These are simple and practical aids for developing the faculties of observa- tion, concentration, and memory. You will be surprized at the rapid progress