I’ve finished all the pages of a notebook. These are the ones I use for daily to-do lists, weekly planning and quality of life tracking. And a little creative practice in collage, drawing and lettering. One book lasts four months, and by then it gets pretty chunky. Time to start a new one. Beginning is easy. Continuing is hard. Japanese…
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It’s the end of a month and time for a quality of life check-in. Documenting habits, mood and health etc., has become a popular genre in the notebook-keeping, journaling and self-help communities. The trick for me has been to find a way of doing it so that it actually results in improved quality of life. A way that reveals patterns,…
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A winter forest walk. Visible breath. Sun low in the afternoon sky. Silhouettes of leafless trees. A layer of snow over a layer of ice. Crows circling overhead. The tiny black mole tunnelling through the powder almost escaped our attention. We can hear the unfrozen, still flowing river alongside us. Monochrome.
What are you up to this weekend? It’s freezing cold (-20ºC with the wind chill) windy and snowing here in Southern Ontario, but we’re planning one of our weekend hikes once the weather clears up. A pandemic practice we’ve managed to maintain with reasonable success. (This app has been so helpful for planning.) There may also be some staring out…
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What constitutes a creative space for you? Maybe you have a beautiful light-filled space that’s all your own. Or maybe it’s just the blank corner of a notebook page and few pens for doodling or lettering. Somewhere along this continuum there’s space for all of us. There are lots of digital spaces that invite creativity as well. An instagram account,…
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