The Handwritten Index
For two years I have kept an index of every book I finished, written by hand. Here is what that taught me about memory and patience. Continue reading →
Public notebook
Commonplace / Series D is a small public site maintained by Theo Marlowe. It collects reading notes, field observations, and occasional updates about the ordinary work of keeping a personal archive online.
For two years I have kept an index of every book I finished, written by hand. Here is what that taught me about memory and patience. Continue reading →
Half the projects in the studio are unfinished. For a long time that bothered me. Lately I think the unfinished pile is the real archive. Continue reading →
Why I keep a single shelf of books that I have read more than three times — and what stays on it, season after season. Continue reading →
The canal path behind the studio is forty minutes of slow water and stubborn herons. It changes how I think about whatever I am drawing that week. Continue reading →