Profoundly grateful

Lovebabz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:23:34 -0500

This has to be one of the most interesting post I have ever come across. Thanks so much for sharing this. I have been journaling since I was 12 years old. It is like I have found my people. I had no idea this was even happening.

Thank you.

Love,
Babz
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1000 Journals and Then Some

jen lemen — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:52:20 -0500

If blank pages call out to you in a way that makes little white boxes on a computer screen pale in comparison, then here are some journal projects for you. From minimalist to collaborative global displays, these journal ideas inspire writers (and artists) to not only record your important life events but share them with others as well. See for yourself!

The Happiness Project reports on the virtues of the limited journal which involves picking a regular time to jot down even a few sentences about what's important in your life right now--the perfect solution for people who feel overwhelmed at the idea of committing to all-out journal writing. If that still feels like too much, how about the one sentence journal? Nothing grand, just a sentence about something memorable about your day.

The Kind Journal Project grew out of a desire for new artists and people exploring creativity to share the experience of creating something collaboratively. The journal travels from artist to artist, participants add pages until the journal arrives back home at its original destination. At that time, the book will be dismantled so that the pages can be displayed and auctioned off separately for a good cause. Art with a heart.

If you want to start a journal and are not quite sure what to do with that nagging hesitation, check out the inner critic from Little Red Design. Your moleskin is dying to know what your worst fears look like committed to paper, trust me.

Any old timer on the web is familiar with the 1000 Journals Project--the mother of all journal projects. You can read the full story about the project here. Now filmmaker Andrea Kreuzhage has produced a documentary about the project. You can see a longer trailer here, or check out a this short trailer about the ways creativity slips away from us here.

And this just in from Twitter! Today Elizabeth Perry is posting her 1000th daily journal drawing on Woolgathering. Please join her in the comments for a delightful celebration or participate by doing a drawing yourself for the "drawing drawing." Details here. Congratulations, Elizabeth! Your work delights us.

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1000 Journals and Then Some