The Power of the Notebook — The History and Practice of Thinking on Paper 44k1j

The idea for the Art of Manliness came to me 17 years ago as I was standing in the magazine...

The idea for the Art of Manliness came to me 17 years ago as I was standing in the magazine section of a Borders bookstore. As inspiration struck, I took my Moleskine out of my pocket and jotted down some notes, like potential names — I considered things like “The Manly Arts” before settling on “The Art of Manliness” — categories of content, and initial article ideas. Almost two decades later, the fruits of those notebook jottings are still bearing out.
That’s the power of a pocket pad’s possibilities, something Roland Allen explores in The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper. Today on the show, Roland traces the fascinating history of notebooks and how they went from a business technology for ing to a creative technology for artists. We talk about how famous figures from Leonardo da Vinci to Theodore Roosevelt used notebooks, the different forms notebooks have taken from the Italian zibaldone to the friendship book to the modern bullet journal, and why keeping a personal diary has fallen out of favor. Along the way, we discuss ways you can fruitfully use notebooks today, and why, even in our digital age, they remain an irreplaceable tool for thinking and creativity.
Resources Related to the PodcastAoM Article: 100 Ways to Use Your Pocket Notebook
AoM Article: The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook
AoM Article: The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men
AoM Podcast #194: The Field Notes of Theodore Roosevelt
AoM Article: The Right and Wrong Way to Journal
AoM Article: Finally Understand How to Keep a Bullet Journal
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks
Charles Darwin’s notebooks
John Locke’s Method for Commonplace Books
Connect With Roland AllenRoland’s website

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