What if some of your best miniature ideas are already stored in places you know by heart?

In this episode of Her Shrink Ray Eye, I explore Memory Maps as a practical way into creative work in miniature painting, scale modeling, and diorama building. Instead of relying only on reference images, this method starts with familiar places you can still walk through in your mind and asks how they could become buildable miniature scenes.

I talk about why memory-based ideas can feel more personal and original, how spatial logic helps a miniature read as a real place, and how boundaries, light, wear, cropping, and implied space shape what a viewer understands. The episode also includes a short audio-friendly exercise and a method you can return to when a project feels stuck, vague, or too dependent on outside references. This is an episode about memory, perception, and working with space at small scale. It is for makers who want a more grounded way back into creative work, using places they already carry with them.

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