I had a vision of a notebook today - a big one that I would keep, sort of like an old-timey scrapbook that was just big... well, pages, not covered in plastic for photos, and not special acid-free blahblahblah - but just PAGES where I could paste things that I cut out of magazines, or pictures that I took with my new camera (that I bought from Amazon yesterday - waiting...) This year, I was thinking that it would be a cool "resolution" of sorts to document not only thoughts in my journal, but to have a place to put those inspiring thoughts or ideas or pictures or recipes or quotes or WHATEVER that might inspire me to write a story or a screenplay, or might inspire me to just feel better about life, or you know, whatever I might need inspiring toward. I looked for such a book today at TJMaxx, and they didn't HAVE ONE. How annoying not to have your immediate need met.
My blog could potentially become a scrapbook of sorts - as I was driving so much the last few days, there were so many song lyrics that stood out to me as poetic and poignant for my life right now, and they could certainly belong in a book of the sort I'm imagining - like, I'm picturing carrying around this book, and scissors and a glue stick, and just cutting out and documenting all these things that I read and find interesting... and maybe finding that someday, somehow, they will all make something cohesive, or feed into something interesting. I don't know if it's possible (coming from my brain) but it inspired me (for a minute) and I gotta go with that.
I have nothing to wear for New Year's - well, some cool shoes, but I think that would be indecent without something complementary. Did I mention I bought a camera? Yeah, when that gets here, you might actually SEE things instead of just reading about them. Oh, the places we'll go.
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I saw an exhibit once in Wicker Park (in Chicago) of books just like this. They are way cool.
I *think* the artist used those hard bound sketch books and removed a number of pages to afford her some room. Then she did just what you describe...there were all manner of things in there, journaling, painting, collage, pictures, jewelry, cigarette butts..it was awesome.
You should totally start this and see where it leads!
Hey Carlen! Does indeed sound like a great idea - very inspirational. I always plan to do something similiar but have never quite picked it up! After years and years of planning on buying a gorgeous book to spill my werid dreams into the moment i wake up is still...well....in the planning stages!
Have you started it yet?
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