Ways to Keep a Commonplace Book

Today I want to talk about commonplace books. A commonplace book is a powerful tool for learning and becoming more creative so let's get started – finding out what they are and simple ways to use them. They are also crazy inexpensive so – what are we waiting for?

It will help us pay attention.
It will grows our sense of curiosity.
They are a paper pensieve.

Commonplace books have been around for thousands of years but they really picked up in the 1400s with use by Italian merchants who called their books zibaldone – which means "a heap of things".

Read more about modern day zibaldone here:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...

If you would like to make your own messy blank book, the how-to is here:
Easy Handmade Art Journal: Step by St...

This link goes to a commonplace book (1634) virtual flip through at Yale library:
https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.e...

Well this is embarrassing, in a good way. I guess. I have had a boatload of requests for the Book of You online class on how to make and keep an illustrated journal. So I am making this course live again. If you are interested you can find out  more and buy it here:
https://kelly-s-school-b1d1.thinkific...

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