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Ru Journal Review

"I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: size matters, and with any little black notebook, the key should be portability. Even though it’s flexible enough, it’s too big to keep comfortably in your pocket - and you get the feeling that with enough travel, this thing is going to fall to pieces.

Each Ru journal contains 128 acid free pages, and for those that care about paper thickness and texture, this is where the Ru shines. Without question, this has the highest quality paper of any notebook we’ve reviewed, and I imagine it’d be a dream for artists and doodlers alike..."

Xonex Ru: The (Very) Soft Cover Black Book

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Ke-Ta Suzuki's Travel Notebook

Last weekend, I went to Nara and visited some temples. I made a simple sketch of the temples on Traveler's
Notebook   while watching the evening glow in Nigatsu-do of Todaiji. You can see nice view of Nara from there because Nigatsu-do is built with a commanding height. It is very calm.  The best place to look back at your life and think about your future.

Traveler's Notebook is marketed by Japanese stationery company "Midori". The concept is "for everyone who loves a travel". The composition is really simple - a cover and a rubber band. The leather made in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The notebook made in Japan. You can customize yours with several types of notebook and some items. From last year, a small boom is happening among people who loves stationery in Japan.
 
View my photo set of Traveler's Notebook 

Group of Traveler's Notebook on FLICKR

Ke-Ta Suzuki
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Blank Page # 49

Every Wednesday at Notebookism we open a "Blank Page" -  your chance to ask, answer and discuss anything notebook-related.  Keep it nice, keep it relevant.

Blank Page, an Open Thread.

Every Wednesday at Notebookism we open a "Blank Page" -  your chance to ask, answer and discuss anything notebook-related.  Keep it nice, keep it relevant.

Blank Page, an Open Thread.

Notebookism @ FACEBOOK

The Official Notebookism Community @ FACEBOOK is now open.

See you there!

Rhodia Stack

A great collection of new notebooks for pouring out any and every thought I may ever have.

Granny Kass @ Notebookism/FLICKR

Also visit Rhodia Drive

The lost art of writing a letter

In the age of texting, e-mails and cell phones, the old fashioned and intimate art of letter writing has reached the end of an era.

Only a few decades ago the most convenient and affordable way to keep in touch with friends and family members was by penning a letter. As a generation that grew up without computers, the romance and excitement of receiving a handwritten personal letter in the mail is still cherished.

A very special 50th anniversary reunion is taking place this year on the Peninsula between two members of that generation. I, Marilyn Creed of Ocean Park, and Mary De Laet of Glasgow, Scotland will be celebrating our special friendship spanning 50 years of correspondence.

We became pen pals back in 1957 when our Grade 4 teachers from Vancouver and Glasgow thought exchanging letters would be a great opportunity for students to develop letter writing skills and friendships with peers from another country. We had graduated from the use of pencil and eraser to pen and ink and the exercise of writing a letter without ink blots was a definite challenge. Who would have thought a letter-writing lesson would have become the seed for a lifelong friendship across the Atlantic?

By Marilyn Creed
Peace Arch News
Read the full article.

Photo: Nick Greenizan

Notebook Stall

These photos were taken at the Utah Arts Festival held at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The festival is a large outdoor event that spans 4 days and features a wide variety of artists, performers, and vendors. This particular vendor specialized in selling handmade leather journals and I thought his display was very appealing so I took a few photos.

Here is a link that explains more about it:

There is definitely a lot to see there and I had a great time today walking around and taking photos.

Lexi
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How Psychotherapy and Journaling Help

A new study using brain imaging quantifies the benefits of putting feelings into words when talking with a therapist or friend, or writing in a journal.

UCLA psychologists report differenct areas of brain are active when individuals communicate their feelings. In turn, the shift of brain activity is associated with better control of our emotions, making our feelings of sadness, anger and pain less intense.

The study showed that an area of the brain called the amygdale, which serves as an alarm to activate a cascade of biological systems to protect the body in times of danger, is less active when an individual labels feelings.

Further, another region of the brain is more active: the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. This region is located behind the forehead and eyes and has been associated with thinking in words about emotional experiences.

"How Psychotherapy and Journaling Help"

Read the full article at psychcentral.com

Inspiration: Face Your Pockets

Things that are living in the pockets of your bag, jeans or jacket: travel and pay checks, old cigarette pack that just looks interesting, sugar lumps and all the stuff that has found home in your pockets. They are all the treasures our project is looking for! Our goal is not only bring all this objects into light but show the owner of them.

Visit.

Shown above:
Author: Inés Almorza
Occupation: arquitect
Description: eraser, pencils, stamp, make-up, money, labellers, cellular, mirror, keys, calendar.

The Green Pilgrim Journals

These were journals I made with a cardboard cover. The idea was to make a journal that was more flexible than a hard-cover book and a bit lighter than something with a full leather cover.

I added the elastic band across the belly of the book to hold it closed.

Here are two sizes of the books that I make. The light green-ish blue book is 8.5 x 5.5 and the other two are slightly smaller and more compact.

By Green Pilgrim
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