art journals + commonplace books

Commonplace books are not diaries nor travelogues. English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke wrote the 1706 book A New Method of a Common Place Book: in which techniques for entering proverbs, quotations, ideas, speeches were formulated. Locke's advice: arrange material by subject and category, using such key topics as love, politics, or religion. Commonplace books, it must be stressed, are not journals, which are chronological and introspective.
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The Beautiful Biro Pen Portraits from Mark Powell – Speckyboy
bic biro Drawing on a 1878 newspaper
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Love the simplicity of the design, and the drama of the outcome.
Creating Remarkable Poetry Through Subtraction
Creating remarkable poetry through subtraction. Using newspaper articles or other sources, you get rid of words you don't want to create a poem. Better explained in the article.
Relics of Silence
- - - Black Out Poetry: c.b.w. 2015 Source: The Saint Intervenes by Leslie Charteris (1934) Special Note: This poem is read from bottom to top. More Black Out Poetry
Thursday, February 21
fixation on words - art journal inspiration ...found poetry! Can't wait to do this with kiddos!
Of Consequence: Make Blackout Poetry, Blackout Poetry, Poetry