Margin notes books

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I used to rarely keep marginalia, but recently, I’ve been enjoying having the space to highlight some things or add short notes and thoughts. Do you use your margins in your notebooks or books you’re reading? #commonplacebook #handwriting #notetaking #marginalia #fountainpencommunity #stalogy365

We have too much respect for the printed word, too little awareness of the power words hold over us. We allow worlds to be conjured up for us with very little concern for the implications. We overlook glaring incongruities. Learning to read with pens in our hands would bring huge benefits.

Georgia on Instagram: "Commonplace pages📚 I love a good margin and collection of information from various sources. I’ve only just realised how nice it is to look back at my field notes book and see all the things I was thinking about and making lists for. #commonplacebook #commonplacing #travelersnotebook #fieldnotescommons"

-Contributed by Emily Gainer. Most libraries frown on writing in books. At the CHP, we like to see the handwritten notes psychologists have made in the books that they donate. Recently, I have been…

I used to rarely keep marginalia, but recently, I’ve been enjoying having the space to highlight some things or add short notes and thoughts. Do you use your margins in your notebooks or books you’re reading? #commonplacebook #handwriting #notetaking #marginalia #fountainpencommunity #stalogy365

I think my entire degree is about writing things on books and then writing a paper about the things you wrote in the book lol