Dahlias — Artist Edition Commonplace Book, 5 x 8, 200 Pages

A commonplace book in the tradition of John Locke, with a Dahlias painting on the cover.

• Cover — Dahlias, a Sally Rosenbaum oil painting
• Size — 5 x 8 in, softcover, fits a purse or bag
• Interior — 200 pages with a table of contents at the front
• Method — number the pages as you go and log each entry so you can retrieve it later
• Tradition — the system kept by John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin

A commonplace book is not a diary. It is a retrieval system — notes, quotations, sketches, and ideas entered as they arrive, then indexed so they can be found and reused. Locke published the method in 1706; Jefferson and Franklin both kept one. The Dahlias cover is the most saturated in the series, if you want the book to be findable in a bag.

$9. Artist edition, printed with a full-bleed cover.