colinwalker
colinwalker
I look at my new notebooks with, perhaps, a little trepidation. I am determined to write more by hand, to slow down and spend time with my thoughts. But I want to do them justice. I have seen if said that it is better to buy cheap - that way you're not afraid to make a mess of... colinwalker.blog
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jack
jack

@colinwalker I've taken new notebooks and drawn a big sloppy "X" across the first few pages and said, "There, now I can begin." Every filled page does a notebook justice, IMO.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@jack Funnily enough, I was going to write “And so it begins...” at the start 😉

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@kulturnation I have a number of cheap ones but they’re all small and I feel cramped. So, regardless of cost, I’m hoping these afford me greater creative freedom.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@kulturnation I tend not to distinguish in that way. Everything lives together in a hope it will cross-pollinate.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@kulturnation 85 pages? Wow! That’s dedication.

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schuth
schuth

@jack @colinwalker I believe @merlin writes “The first page is profound.” when beginning a new notebook.

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tonybloggs
tonybloggs

@schuth @jack @colinwalker @kulturnation Good thread. I start my notebooks by writing "Ripped out pages tell stories too" and "Process, not product."

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jack
jack

@colinwalker @kulturnation @schuth This thread got me thinking, so I've jotted down some 2018 notebook intentions to help formalize a plan: jack.baty.net/2017/pape...

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@jack @schuth @kulturnation Good to have a plan Jack - far too organised for me ;) And @tonybloggs I like that about ripped out pages.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@kulturnation @tonybloggs Ah, but there is also the mystery as to what they contained - the possibilities and potential they held…

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tonybloggs
tonybloggs

@kulturnation @colinwalker learning to embrace the ugliness is part of the process. for me it's about getting the pen on paper, not what happens after. I've destroyed whole notebooks after fillling them up... no matter.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@tonybloggs I was just making some notes on a blog post about that very point!

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