Photo by John Diez on Pexels.com For artists, commonplace books can be incredibly beneficial tools for inspiring creativity and organizing ideas. Commonplace books are notebooks or journals in which you can record meaningful thoughts, quotes, observations, and other inspirations. By having a single repository for these items, artists can easily refer back to them andContinueContinue reading “Benefits of commonplace books for artists”
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History of Commonplace Books
The history of the Commonplace Books goes back to the Middle Ages. It’s believed that the concept originated in ancient Greece and Rome, although they become most popular during the Renaissance and early Modern Period, when students and scholars used them for study. In 1706, John Locke wrote “A New Method of Making Commonplace Books”ContinueContinue reading “History of Commonplace Books”
Heidi Cogdill 