Perhaps the best part of my graphic journaling practice is how it is influencing my experience of the ongoing present. A new awareness of moments big, small and routine is growing. By taking time each day to notate images from my mind’s eye, I am honoring the fleeting beauty of the everyday.
Emily Dickinson wrote often about the subject of time.
Forever – Is Composed of Nows –
Forever – is composed of Nows –
‘Tis not a different time –
Except for Infiniteness –
And Latitude of Home –From this – experienced Her
Remove the Dates – to These –
Let Months dissolve in further Months –
And Years – exhale in Years –Without Debate – or Pause –
Or Celebrated Days –
No different Our Years would be
From Anno Dominies –by Emily Dickinson
Poetry is another great way of journaling. What would happen if you reflected on one small detail from your day and wrote a very short poem (one to three lines) capturing it’s essence?
Previous entries:
- auto-bio-graphically speaking I
- auto-bio-graphically speaking II
- auto-bio-graphically speaking III: The Mind’s Eye
Further reading and inspiration:
Emily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings. Nothing but gorgeous. Dickinson’s late experimental work photographed and reproduced exactly as she wrote it on scraps of envelopes. A never-before-possible glimpse into the process of a great poet.
Baron Fig Confident Sketchbook Journal and Notebook for Thinkers. Aaaah. Is there anything better than a beautiful, chic, serene, NEW notebook?
Sakura 30062 6-Piece Pigma Micron Ink Pen Set, Black. Pens are important. VERY important. Many artists, designers, writers, poets would be lost without their Microns.