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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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

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.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Comments

[antigone]

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I can't remember reading it so here's my question to you:

Do you keep your notebooks neat and tidy or do you don't mind if it gets beaten up? Do you even aim at damaging it like some do --> http://www.wreckthisjournal.com/?page_id=18 ?

Personally I love seeing pristine notebooks neatly filled with elaborate writing. I love to see tiny tiny script that fills the whole page or flows around sketches and diagrams. But I clutter my own notebooks with everything I can get hold of and they don't feel like 'mine' before they look like this: http://community.livejournal.com/moleskine_users/168742.html

[3x5er]

I love brand new pristine notebooks, and I tend not to be too hard on my notebooks that are in use. But sometimes I covet other people's notebooks that seem to look perfectly broken in, like a favorite pair of jeans!

[Anthony]

I taught a class where students were instructed to wreck their jounals (true, they were using Wreck This Journal), and it killed me.
I do not treat my journals poorly or cavalierly. While the spine will grow fat with insertions and the pages rippled with glue and my script, I tend to treat my journal as an appendage, and therefore, afford it a reverential imporantace.

[WriteInMyJournal.com]

While I don't intentionally destroy or damage my journals, I don't mind of they get a little rough around the edges. I feel that it adds character and shows that I've actually loved it enough to use it.

[Sophie Brown]

Even being an artist, I always view conceptual art as very often just a cheat. It's just so clever and often requires no effort. Just put your name on a urinal and challenge all the world's thinking about art and what it IS. You can do whatever you want but I'm just saying if there's a layperson out there wondering if they should feel stupid if they don't get it--not to worry, that's a valid opinion.

[Ann]

Neither. I don't keep it pristine, but I do care for it and make sure it doesn't get damaged/torn. I usually stick things inside until it's almost bursting, yet at the end of the day, the covers, papers, etc... still look like the day I got it, because they contain some of my most precious memories.

[Anthony]

Sophie Brown: Apropos to what?

[Sophie Brown]

Anthony: Concerning mangling notebooks and destruction generally being an art form (see Antigone's links above).