Your channel is a beautiful marriage of amazing aesthetic and captivating stories. Every time I watch your video, there's a new spark of curiosity. Thank you for sharing!
Very interesting, as are all of your videos. I probably represent a minority who never ever writes in their books. I like my books empty of notes. I do take a lot of notes, but always in my dedicated notebooks. Thank you for sharing your system!
Thank you, I am pleased to know you find it interesting. It's perfectly fine to keep your books clean 📚. I myself write most of my notes in the commonplace book or in my Literature Notebook. Glad we came across. 😊
Thank you so much for sharing! I pencil my books so much, especially when I read books rich in content and feel like highlighting each sentence but don’t want to do it. You have me idea of creating my own code now. Thank you for sharing!
Oh wow, This is very interesting, normally I struggle to write on books, but, it’s something I’m doing a little more, recently. This book looks fantastic btw! I’m intrigued. X
Hey my dear Raffaela. I know about that struggle and it also depend on the book 😉. As for me I got used to it from school time (leave my fingerprint on it) ☺️☺️. I will make a video about how to take notes, specially when you don’t annotate.
I used to write in my books frequently in college. Now the only printed publications I write in frequently is my sheet music, and always in pencil. Only if there is a correction for a misprint is the notation is made in ink. But even then I notate the date(s) I studied the piece, fingerings, bowings, and interpretive notes.
I admire your handwriting as well as your artistic skills in elaborating all your notebooks. I was wondering, what kind of pen(s) you prefer? I enjoy writing with a fountain pen, but it is a bit high maintenance.
Thank you so much! the handwriting is a matter of practice (although not perfect if you zoom in 😂). I like the italic style and there are some notebooks designed to improve calligraphy. As for the pens, I am afraid I don't use fountain pens (may be one day). Currently I write with: Tombow Zoom 505 Rollerball 0.5mm Pentel Radio Pulaman Pen (black) Pentel Gel Ink Ballpoint Pen ENERGEL Clena 0.5mm (brown and black) hope this helped!
Thank you very much for sharing your marginalia symbols with us! You're one of the few ones who talk about this! I use different symbols to engage with my reading material: "?" where the author describes his thesis (either for the entire book or a chapter) or asks us readers a question, a "star" where the author gives the answers, numbered if it's more than one answer. (Because "!" means important.) A triangle ∆ for definitions. Numbers to follow the steps the author outlines. A lightbulb 💡 for aha moments I had while reading. A lightning ⚡️ for "something's not adding up / looks like the author contradicts himself / I disagree with the author", usually with a comment why I think so. Arrows pointing to an earlier page ⬅️ or later page ➡️, plus the page number to reference across the entire book - very helpful in fiction where you sometimes have "huh? did this character really say / do this? where did I see this?" moments. "Qu." for quotes, a pencil ✏️ for beautifully written passages, "V" for vocabulary, "R" for recommendations or sources the author mentions that I find interesting. I keep track of them in the front of the book - just the symbol and the page numbers. The back is reserved for summaries. Btw, this elaborate key evolved :) Years ago I started with !, ∆ and comments in the margins. Then I read Mortimer Adler's "How To Read A Book" and, since it completely blew my mind, added the rest bit by bit.
Hi Jessica, I am very impressed with your annotation system, its quite sophisticated yet straightforward. I learned something today!! Thank you for taking the time to share it. 😍
Thank you so much Sylvie! I’m currently trying to read more and this surely will ease my impulse of wanting to highlight every single page haha. Besos from Mexico 🇲🇽
Good ideas. I keep a reading journal but haven't been annotating, it makes a lot of sense! I learned many years ago in my history class that the dark ages were named that way because they began with the closing of Plato's Academy, I don't know if that is still considered to be the case but it's something that has stuck in my mind.
Glad you like it! And yes, I had the same impression but the book walked me through many names who laid foundations for further scientific advancements despite all political and theological challenges.
Thank you Daniela! I am happy you liked my simplified annotation. I agree with the color tags minimalist fashion (I will add it to my system). Have you watched the video of how to start a Commonplace Book? Let me know what you think.
@@journaldesylvie Yes, I already saw it, very useful, I'm thinking of put together a commonplace notebook, I love history and I have a lot of random papers with my notes so it will be nice to have them all in one place. I'm happy to discover your channel greeting from Chile 🙋🏻♀️
When I was in college 20 years ago, I learned the middle ages fallacy. I would tell people and they would look at me weird and pretend they didn't hear what I said. I should have collected references. The really interesting thing was Vikings I guess were quite sophisticated. They had visual and literary arts, and what something that resembled Democracy.
Your channel is a beautiful marriage of amazing aesthetic and captivating stories. Every time I watch your video, there's a new spark of curiosity. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Bruno for your poetic comment! I am happy you enjoyed it.
good book and good comments. Tankssssssss
Very interesting, as are all of your videos. I probably represent a minority who never ever writes in their books. I like my books empty of notes. I do take a lot of notes, but always in my dedicated notebooks. Thank you for sharing your system!
Thank you, I am pleased to know you find it interesting. It's perfectly fine to keep your books clean 📚. I myself write most of my notes in the commonplace book or in my Literature Notebook. Glad we came across. 😊
Thank you so much for sharing! I pencil my books so much, especially when I read books rich in content and feel like highlighting each sentence but don’t want to do it. You have me idea of creating my own code now. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! I agree, adding your own annotation code helps to engage and make it personal 😉
I am really enjoying learning from your videos. I will be setting up similar systems for myself. Thank you for sharing.
Great to hear Lizbet! That is exactly why I like sharing self-learning methods. 🕯📖
Oh wow, This is very interesting, normally I struggle to write on books, but, it’s something I’m doing a little more, recently.
This book looks fantastic btw! I’m intrigued. X
Hey my dear Raffaela. I know about that struggle and it also depend on the book 😉. As for me I got used to it from school time (leave my fingerprint on it) ☺️☺️. I will make a video about how to take notes, specially when you don’t annotate.
A very interesting system! And this book sounds fascinating. I've added it to my endlessly-long Wishlist.
Thank you! I learned a lot from this book and added many notes from it in my Commonplace book.
I love your channel! Greetings from Brazil!
Hello Paulo, thank you!
Very interesting, thank you! I always struggle to write into a book, only did it when "forced" at school. 🙈
You are welcome Kiwi, it’s totally fine if you don’t prefer to annotate. I believe there are apps for digital annotations 😉
I used to write in my books frequently in college. Now the only printed publications I write in frequently is my sheet music, and always in pencil. Only if there is a correction for a misprint is the notation is made in ink. But even then I notate the date(s) I studied the piece, fingerings, bowings, and interpretive notes.
Interesting concept to annotate your music sheets. You can come up with your own Annotation keys 😊
Super vidéo merci
Merci Matteo!
I admire your handwriting as well as your artistic skills in elaborating all your notebooks. I was wondering, what kind of pen(s) you prefer? I enjoy writing with a fountain pen, but it is a bit high maintenance.
Thank you so much! the handwriting is a matter of practice (although not perfect if you zoom in 😂). I like the italic style and there are some notebooks designed to improve calligraphy. As for the pens, I am afraid I don't use fountain pens (may be one day). Currently I write with:
Tombow Zoom 505 Rollerball 0.5mm
Pentel Radio Pulaman Pen (black)
Pentel Gel Ink Ballpoint Pen ENERGEL Clena 0.5mm (brown and black)
hope this helped!
Very useful information! Thank you ❤️
Thank you Sandourii!
Thank you very much for sharing your marginalia symbols with us! You're one of the few ones who talk about this!
I use different symbols to engage with my reading material: "?" where the author describes his thesis (either for the entire book or a chapter) or asks us readers a question, a "star" where the author gives the answers, numbered if it's more than one answer. (Because "!" means important.) A triangle ∆ for definitions. Numbers to follow the steps the author outlines. A lightbulb 💡 for aha moments I had while reading. A lightning ⚡️ for "something's not adding up / looks like the author contradicts himself / I disagree with the author", usually with a comment why I think so. Arrows pointing to an earlier page ⬅️ or later page ➡️, plus the page number to reference across the entire book - very helpful in fiction where you sometimes have "huh? did this character really say / do this? where did I see this?" moments. "Qu." for quotes, a pencil ✏️ for beautifully written passages, "V" for vocabulary, "R" for recommendations or sources the author mentions that I find interesting.
I keep track of them in the front of the book - just the symbol and the page numbers. The back is reserved for summaries.
Btw, this elaborate key evolved :) Years ago I started with !, ∆ and comments in the margins. Then I read Mortimer Adler's "How To Read A Book" and, since it completely blew my mind, added the rest bit by bit.
Hi Jessica, I am very impressed with your annotation system, its quite sophisticated yet straightforward. I learned something today!! Thank you for taking the time to share it. 😍
@@journaldesylvie you're welcome
Thank you so much Sylvie! I’m currently trying to read more and this surely will ease my impulse of wanting to highlight every single page haha. Besos from Mexico 🇲🇽
Hope you enjoy it! you are so welcome. Let me know how it goes. :) Besos from Texas
Good ideas. I keep a reading journal but haven't been annotating, it makes a lot of sense! I learned many years ago in my history class that the dark ages were named that way because they began with the closing of Plato's Academy, I don't know if that is still considered to be the case but it's something that has stuck in my mind.
Glad you like it! And yes, I had the same impression but the book walked me through many names who laid foundations for further scientific advancements despite all political and theological challenges.
I just discovered your channel and totally love it, I have a similar kind of book annotation, but just use a max of 3 colours for the tags.
Thank you Daniela! I am happy you liked my simplified annotation. I agree with the color tags minimalist fashion (I will add it to my system). Have you watched the video of how to start a Commonplace Book? Let me know what you think.
@@journaldesylvie Yes, I already saw it, very useful, I'm thinking of put together a commonplace notebook, I love history and I have a lot of random papers with my notes so it will be nice to have them all in one place. I'm happy to discover your channel greeting from Chile 🙋🏻♀️
@@danielaquinteros2880 How Lovely! I am glad we came across.
When I was in college 20 years ago, I learned the middle ages fallacy. I would tell people and they would look at me weird and pretend they didn't hear what I said. I should have collected references.
The really interesting thing was Vikings I guess were quite sophisticated. They had visual and literary arts, and what something that resembled Democracy.
Hello! Thank you for the feedback and Yes, Vikings legacy always was one of my point of interest.
I'm going to steal your voc idea for teaching.
Please do!