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— Warsan Shire

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jan flipthrough (and some pages of feb)

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i am using an a5 travelers notebook at the moment and i'm loving it!

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Start a commonplace book. It's an outlet for writers who are too busy to work on any big project. It's a loose form of journaling for people who aren't a fan of the typical date-event-feelings format. It can be a way to feel grounded if you're struggling with your mental health. Poets, daydreamers, anyone who wants somewhere to put their thoughts, would benefit from a commonplace book.

If you wanna start, here's a little inspiration

What I put in my commonplace book:

Things I hear: song lyrics, quotes, expressions I like, a new song I've discovered and what it means to me

Things I read: book quotes, cool imagery, new words, book reviews, poetry

Things I see: sketches, things from my current surroundings, little observations

Things I think: random thoughts, ideas, lists, childhood memories, things I'm grateful for

Things I imagine: stories, plots, characters, maps, bad poetry, my weird dreams

Things I experience: favorite moments, people I've met, movie reviews, little things that make me happy

Things for the future: books to read, places to go, things to buy

It's been such an amazing outlet for things too private or messy or personal for Tumblr, a way to get my mind and heart on paper without any need for it to be perfect.

So please, start a commonplace book.

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the artist’s way, week one

a book for the people that are “creative in spasms. creative as an act of will and ego. creative, yes, but in spurts like blood forma a severed artery”

the basics: 1. write three morning pages everyday (stream of consciousness, to free your brain space and be able to focus on what you care most), 2. take yourself out in an artist date every weekend (to reward and inspire you)

pay attention to the changes in yourself and the synchronicities, note the negative feelings that rise up; non-attachment to the result of your art, rather learn to live in the process

reminder: we need to stop demanding that we look good, it is impossible to get better and look good at the same time

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🌸 Commonplace Notebook

A commonplace a notebook, is a notebook where you can document everything. It is a singular notebook that acts a companion.

You can take it anywhere and write anything in it. There are no limitations and it is not meant to be perfect.

A commonplace notebook is an extemporaneous dialogue between you and the notebook.

Oftentimes, we designate specific notebooks to specific categories. For example, we may have a bullet journal for planning, a diary for reflections, a small notepad for ideas, and so forth. 

A commonplace notebook aims to combine all categories while releasing perfectionism. It is meant to be a notebook that encapsulates your life at that moment in time, what you were doing, what you were planning, what you were thinking or feeling.

What To Write In A Commonplace Notebook

🟣 Daily Reflections

🟣 Weekly Planning

🟣 To-Do Lists

🟣 Book & Movie Reviews

🟣 Daily Mood Tracker

🟣 Ideas for projects

🟣 Moodboards with pictures

🟣 Shopping lists

🟣 Goals set & Goals achieved

🟣 Manifestation

🟣 Favorite quotes & poetry

🟣 Current favorite songs

🟣 Current favorite foods

🟣 Written accounts about travel

🟣 Deeper thoughts & ideas

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I have Thalassophobia but I'm so deeply fascinated by deep sea creatures and giants but there is no way you'll talk me into putting my head under water in a bath tub or going further than my knees in the sea.

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i’ve been working out a style for my commonplace that i love :D

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— Trista Mateer ,“I Still Forget We’re Not Even Friends”

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commonplace

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look, I know I've talked about this essay (?) before but like,

If you ever needed a good demonstration of the quote "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic", have I got an exercise for you.

Somebody made a small article explaining the basics of atomic theory but it's written in Anglish. Anglish is basically a made-up version of English where they remove any elements (words, prefixes, etc) that were originally borrowed from romance languages like french and latin, as well as greek and other foreign loanwords, keeping only those of germanic origin.

What happens is an english which is for the most part intelligible, but since a lot everyday english, and especially the scientific vocabulary, has has heavy latin and greek influence, they have to make up new words from the existing germanic-english vocabulary. For me it kind of reads super viking-ey.

Anyway when you read this article on atomic theory, in Anglish called Uncleftish Beholding, you get this text which kind of reads like a fantasy novel. Like in my mind it feels like it recontextualizes advanced scientific concepts to explain it to a viking audience from ancient times.

Even though you're familiar with the scientific ideas, because it bypasses the normal language we use for these concepts, you get a chance to examine these ideas as if you were a visitor from another civilization - and guess what, it does feel like it's about magic. It has a mythical quality to it, like it feels like a book about magic written during viking times. For me this has the same vibe as reading deep magic lore from a Robert Jordan book.

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I don’t like knights in the “glorifying a military police force as symbols of power, wealth, and tradition” way. I like knights in the “cult of chivalry and psychological fallout of raising sons to die like their fathers for a king they’ll never meet” way but also in a “swords and armor symbolic of the heaviness and impermanence of manhood” way.

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Aria Aber, from Hard Damage; “Rilke and I”

[Text ID: “Whether you want it or not, in you sleeps a woman of war,”]

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“O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.”

— Thomas Hood

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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson

Text ID:

for those I treat well are the ones who most of all harm me

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Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby

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14.06.2021 - I've been a bit absentee recently but that's because literally nothing interesting is happening in my life at the moment... I'm still just reading, working on my Way of Kings review, and aimlessly wandering around my house - how thrilling!

Anyway look how gorgeous the cover for Lara Elena Donnelly's Amberlough is - I'm in love with this book by the way, I didn't know I needed a gay fantasy version of the fall of the Weimar Republic but here we are!

Currently reading: Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly; Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson