Evan emailed me to fess up about his addiction:
I’m a notebook addict in the worst way-For the past few Christmases I’ve asked for journals for Christmas and received them, hopefully ensuring I won’t run out for awhile. I write everyday, mostly journal entries, but also notes, ideas, story outlines. I’ve found that actually writing them down, rather than typing in a computer, secures the thought, makes it more permanent (As well as the vague hope that one day I will be considered important enough for people to actually care what I’d thought).
My collection can be seen in the attached photo: The first two are my old journals in chronological order, with #19 being completed, while the much shorter stack is what I have awaiting me, with #20, currently active, on top. I love the sight of an unwritten in journal, it simply brims with possibility.
Also, I have a pair of things that may interest you. The first is a website, the Diary Junction (http://thediaryjunction.blogspot.com/). It’s an excellent resource for exploring old journals and diaries, and I’ve found it quite interesting. Second is a project called 1000 Journals, started a few years ago (I’m not sure if it is still ongoing). Here’s the site link:http://www.1000journals. com/.
I love it when people share their addiction with not only photos and commentary, but helpful suggestions of further ways to feed everyone else’s addiction! Thanks Evan!
Thank you for sharing these websites. I enjoyed reading (and oogling) the 1000 journals project. I’m amazed they received so many of the journals back, I thought people would not be comfortable exposing the contents of their journal books.
Be sure to visit the site for later, companion project, 1001 Journals.
And, if you’re inclined to support the efforts of the original 1000 Journals project, they published a fascinating book with samples from dozens of the journals.
And don’t forget Moly_X, the ongoing traveling Moleskine site.
(can’t post links, sorry, I’m using my iPad and the limited RAM for Safari means if I click off this tab, I lose everything)