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Memorization

The comment below made me think about memorization in general.  I think that I have a pretty good visual memory, but I cannot memorize texts.  It amazes me how artists can remember all their work.  For instance, how on earth do theater performers remember all their lines, and can recite everything word for word?  How can singers remember all the lyrics to all their songs and perform at concerts without messing up any lyrics of the many songs they play? I'm wondering, just like piano players have a c.p.g for their piano playing skill, is each song or each play script memorized stored in a new c.p.g. or is it just part of the brain's general memory box?  How can a person develop such a large capacity for memory or how can the body recognize or remember which c.p.g to use when it comes time to perform? 

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