I keep a commonplace book because I want to keep track of the best articles and books I read. A commonplace book is like a “thinker’s journal” that serves as a focused act of self-reflection and way…
November 2015 Procedures of Encounter, or, My Commonplace Log Practice Several years ago I was in a small specialty bookstore and came upon a book with mostly blank pages simply called A Little Com…
Consider these commonplacing examples for you to try out:
Most of us have seen enough memes out there that they might feel commonplace. So it’s good to be reminded just how evocative and downright strange memes are as a form of entertainment, expression, and communication.
One powerful tool for managing these issues is diaphragmatic breathing.
Sketch of Castelmola in Sicily by JVL, 2009. The written material on the left hand page includes daily timings when illustrating Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass.
Explore our curated collection of ten thought-provoking dystopian writing prompts. Dive into worlds of forbidden history, environmental upheavals, virtual realities, and authoritarian societies. Ideal for writers seeking inspiration for their next dystopian tale.
Jael and Sisera, from the Maciejowski Bible, ca 1240, Jael and Sisera, follower of Van Eyck, 1440-1450, Death of Du Guesclin 1455-60, and Death of Du Guesclin 1479-1480. The second Sisera isn't in a bed, but I included it both for the clear depiction of the tent peg and the gap between the bottom of the tent wall and the ground. You can click on these images to enlarge them. Anna Nenarovoa has Pinterest board devoted to many, many images of Judith and Holofernes. The virtue of these images as that the artist is depicting the kind of beds that might be plausibly used inside a tent. These are also relevant to other tent furnishings, such as horizontal rods for curtains and other things to hang from.
As society evolves, so do our standards and expectations. Things that were once considered taboo or socially unacceptable are now widely accepted and commonplace. In this article, we’ll explore 8 practices that were deemed inappropriate back in the day but are pretty normal now.
Even if you eat avocado toast every day like, ahem, some of us.
So I was bored and made a compilation of best Sherlock & Bayeux Tapestry pics...
As much as we hate it, it’s basically an unwritten rule that parents are meant to embarrass you. But with the development of technology and communication, there’s a whole new world of humiliation that’s been opened up—which is accidentally texting your parents something you shouldn’t have. From accidentally texting Dad instead of Dan, to unintentionally telling your mom you’re married, to sending your parents naughty Valentine’s Day memes by accident, check out these hilarious “Oops, wrong person!” mishap messages that kids sent to their parents.
The Blank Book is a commonplace book to A Series of Unfortunate Events, a series of novels by Lemony Snicket. It is a blank notebook, and is intended to be a commonplace book (commonplace books are featured extensively in the series). It could also be simply used as a diary or journal for the series fans. The bottom of each of the book's pages contain quotes from A Series of Unfortunate Events and illustrations by Brett Helquist. The book is similar to The Notorious Notations. It also includes f
The passage of time has its way of obscuring things we once saw as commonplace. Day-to-day routines and distractions chip away at our memories, so when something happens over a long period of time, we end up just missing it. Unless someone points it out, a lot of subtle changes end up ignored.
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If you use a bound notebook rather than a loose-leaf system it can be tricky to locate a particular note just when you need it. Your notes ...
I was grew up in Los Angeles, not too far from what was once Immaculate Heart College (IHC). Perhaps one of the biggest legacies of IHC is Sister Mary Corita, better known to many as Corita Kent, artist-activist and chairperson of the IHC art department from 1951-1968. Do you know about Corita Kent? In her own […]
Tourists tend to stand out, gawking at sights that are commonplace for locals, getting confused by public transportation, and pointing at things a lot. An annoyance or economic opportunity, you be the judge, but one constant is that American tourists stand head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to baffling actions and requests.
Zakk Fleischmann provides a step-by-step guide to creating publication-ready text out of notes and highlights.
Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself as ‘bland and uninteresting’?