From ancient times, commonplace books have been a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing interesting information or ideas into a book (or scroll if you were an Ancient Greek). Interestingly, it is suggested that by transcribing other people’s words, summarising and incorporating different texts into a commonplace book, you create a…
From ancient times, commonplace books have been a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing interesting information or ideas into a book (or scroll if you were an Ancient Greek). Interestingly, it is suggested that by transcribing other people’s words, summarising and incorporating different texts into a commonplace book, you create a new way of reading and looking at the information, which may stimulate new ideas. Many people kept commonplace books including Mark Twain, Isaac Newton, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Virginia Woolf. If you are interested, this is a great article about how to start a commonplace book https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/02/25/a-brief-guide-to-keeping-a-commonplace-book/
From ancient times, commonplace books have been a way to compile knowledge, usually by writing interesting information or ideas into a book (or scroll if you were an Ancient Greek). Interestingly, it is suggested that by transcribing other people’s words, summarising and incorporating different texts into a commonplace book, you create a new way of reading and looking at the information, which may stimulate new ideas. Many people kept commonplace books including Mark Twain, Isaac Newton, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, and Virginia Woolf. If you are interested, this is a great article about how to start a commonplace book https://notebookofghosts.com/2018/02/25/a-brief-guide-to-keeping-a-commonplace-book/
Oh and do people share photos on sub stack?
Yes!
Oooh that's exciting, will have to check into that to see how it works!! Thanks Elissa!
Thank you for the well wishes and the info on commonplace books, will definitely check out the article! Have a lovely weekend!