Journal Series

I've been keeping a journal for decades. These photos show most but not all of my collection of filled notebooks.

 

Upper left: I've recently started using Moleskine sketchbooks. My in-process journal lives in my fanny pack and goes everywhere with me.

 

Upper right: Before I switched to Moleskines (far right) I was using Canson Classic sketchbooks (center). I use the wire-bound Cachet sketchbooks on the left in my free-writing group. At first I kept index cards of journal topics, but now I go through widely-spaced but fairly intense periods where I type my entries on computer and use the Search function when I want to find information. I have yet to input the writings in the notebooks shown in this shot.

 

Lower Left: This steamer trunk was in the garage of my parents' house, where Mary and I now live. I don't know how old it is, but I thought it was the perfect place to store old journal notebooks.

 

Lower Right: My notebooks range from three-ring binders to inexpensive blank books to the Moleskines I use now. A folding stool at right holds the trunk open. The trunk now resides in my studio, next to my desk.

 

I've also posted shots of my first diary book and a high school diary kept in the three-ring binder visible in the rear left corner of the open trunk. I write a bit about my journaling process here.

 

Thanks to Armand Frasco for soliciting this entry for posting here on www.notebookism.com/2006/07/this_is_noteboo.html.

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