deeply appreciative of this note Octavia Butler wrote herself on the inside cover of one of her notebooks.
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Since the note is in my notebook, it presumably has some meaning to me.
Joan Didion • On Keeping A Notebook
My reason is existential. By writing the things that pop into my head down into my notebook, I teach my brain that those ideas - my ideas - are worthy of being written down at all.
Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.
Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.
"Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
@blobio05
1 month ago
For me i started keeping a song lyrics notebook(?) I write the lyics of songs that really speak to me if that makes sense? I like to decorate the title and everything idk i find it cool to be able to go back and reread the lyrics of songs that i find comfort in and i find it cooler to have it written on paper rather than just... See more
1 month ago
For me i started keeping a song lyrics notebook(?) I write the lyics of songs that really speak to me if that makes sense? I like to decorate the title and everything idk i find it cool to be able to go back and reread the lyrics of songs that i find comfort in and i find it cooler to have it written on paper rather than just... See more