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The 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaway

Heather Goldsmith — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:01:30 +0000

There’s an old saying about contests; “you’ve got to be in it to win it.” So, just in case you didn’t know Moleskinerie are having their annual giveaway. There are some very cool prizes and all you have to do is enter a number in the comments section of this blog entry, which is on their blog. Yeah, that’s it. One number is all you need. Of course, you’ll find the entire story on their blog.

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The 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaway

At Last, a Blogroll!

Heather Goldsmith — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 14:46:30 +0000

I’ve finally gotten around to putting some links on my blogroll. It’s taken some time to find the kind of links I felt worth sharing with my readers. If you scroll right down to the end of the page, right down, and look at the right hand side, you’ll notice four new links to journal writing related blogs.

These are:
DIY Planner: this link takes you directly to the journalling section on their blog. There’s also loads more related to keeping organised, creativity and many other interesting topics.

Moleskinerie: Discussion on anything to do with using Moleskine journals/notebooks/sketchbooks, whatever you use them for.

New Century Notebook: Pamela Weatherill is another Perthite passionate about journal writing.

Notebookism: a partner blog to Moleskinerie, but with a broader scope. I was pleasantly surprised to find the latest entry was about A Creative Journal.

Two more blogs I want to draw your attention to, but they’re already on my list of links because they’re both b5media blogs:

Self Help Diva & eWritelife are both maintained by Shai Coggins and contain useful writing prompts and other interesting information for those interested in journal writing.

If you know of any relevant blogs that I can add to my blogroll, please share in the comments section below.

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At Last, a Blogroll!

Doodle Journal

Heather Goldsmith — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:53:41 +0000

When Shai Coggins of Self Help Diva, blogged about doodling recently I realised I doodle a lot. The corners of the notebook I write phone message on are swarming with images and faces, boxes and swirling curls, lines and other squiggles. Anytime I have to wait on the phone I keep my pen and hand busy, scribbling away. I doodle while in conversation or listening to a sermon or presentation. I’d doodle while watching TV, but I’m usually involved in some pen less activity these days.

There’s something satisfying about doodling, even though I tend to doodle mostly outside of my journal. The mindlessness of scribbling, as if in distraction, with your mind clearly elsewhere just feels right. Of course, it could just be that I need to have something to do with my hands.

I love the word Jim Six created to describe his form of doodling in an article for Moleskinerie:

“It took me a while to be able to write in my first Moleskine notebook. Often I jottle — that’s a word I made up to describe the kind of doodling I do, a sort of stream-of-consciousness doodling with words instead of images. At first, I thought perhaps the Moleskine was just too good for jottling. Now, I am able to scribble away without reserve.”

There’s plenty to suggest doodling can help access our creative minds. Read this article on Doodling as a Creative Process. Also, researchers believe doodling may be the way to help trouble youth – Doodling Away the Teenage Blues.

Why not keep a doodle journal? I think I might need to, just to keep track of what it is I’m really doodling on those page corners.

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Doodle Journal