Roland Barthes on the purpose of making notes
Yesterday, I came across a post that hit me like a lightning bolt. I’m wrestling with it, analyzing its ideas, and letting them spark chain reactions in my thinking. With ideas, one spark always leads to another.
Roland Barthes on the purpose of making notes
Richard Griffiths makes a compelling argument that note-taking isn’t about hoarding information like an obsessive stamp collector. Instead, notes serve to fuel writing. For the French philosopher Roland Barthes, the purpose of collecting thoughts is to engage with them—wrestling with them, expanding on them, and allowing them to shape new writing. Notes are not passive; they should prompt me to ask deeper questions with the intention of creating, challenging, and writing about what truly matters.
In the blog post, Griffiths references two PDFs that are bursting with ideas.
1. Paperslips: The Long Reign of the Index Card and Card Catalog
2. THE CARD INDEX AS CREATIVITY MACHINE
Will Simpson
My peak cognition is behind me. One day soon, I will read my last book, write my last note, eat my last meal, and kiss my sweetie for the last time.
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