The Recording Thoughts blog asks “Are Fountain Pens Green?” This made me think about whether or not notebooks are green. There are plenty of notebooks out there made of recycled paper, which helps, but otherwise, those of us who consume a lot of notebooks are also killing a few trees. A Filofax-type notebook might be … Continue reading Are Notebooks Green?
I love this image from a recent issue of the New Yorker, which appears to have been drawn in a squared Moleskine notebook: I checked out the illustrator’s website, and though I didn’t spot any other Moleskine images, I really like his work!
A WikiHow page on “How to Keep a Notebook:” Step 1: Decide the purpose for your notebook. Will you write down your inventions? Will you write ideas for the screenplay, novel, poems you will someday write? Will you write down thoughts and ideas related to a particular project? Or do you simply want to have … Continue reading How To Keep a Notebook
I was in a store recently where a book called The Wednesday Sisters was a staff pick. I was struck by the cover image, which features a diary and a fountain pen. There is always something so nice about the look of handwritten words on a page…
“I like to have my notebooks with all the crossings out.” This quote was from an article about the French writer-actors Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. I’ve seen a couple of their films, and recommend them: The Taste of Others and Look at Me. Here’s how they work: Though Jaoui directs their films, the process … Continue reading French Filmmakers on Notebooks
Found at Archives Tragic: …she describes her life-long diary and note-keeping habits, and the shelves of “battered old notebooks stuffed with inconsequential factoids†that have accumulated as a result. She never opens the notebooks once they are finished, but can’t bring herself to destroy them either. From a review of The Feel of Steel, by … Continue reading “Old Notebooks Stuffed With Inconsequential Factoids”
Subu is another Etsy seller with some funky handmade notebooks made of recycled paper– very literally recycled, post-consumer paper, as you’ll see someone else’s printouts on the packs of some pages! It’s not for everyone, but some will enjoy the serendipitous finds and be curious about where these paper scraps came from…
Here’s something that may be of interest to those who like to make their own notebooks: downloadable PDFs you can use to print your own graph paper in a variety of designs! There are options with lines, dots, triangles, octagons, trapezoids, circles, bricks, etc. There are also papers for special purposes, such as music notation, … Continue reading Print Your Own Graph Paper
Here’s an amusing news item: celebrity TV chef Rachael Ray is having throat surgery, and since she won’t be able to speak for a couple of weeks while she’s recovering, here’s her plan: “I’m going to get lots of notebooks,” she explained. “I’m going to get the callous I had in grade school back from … Continue reading Rachael Ray Wants Notebooks for Christmas
Ooh, I’m tempted to apply! Here’s the ad: Moleskine® is the heir of the legendary notebook of great artists and thinkers. Brought back over ten years ago, Moleskine is available today in bookstores, museums and design stores, art supply stores and the web with a great variety of formats and styles: notebooks, planners and city … Continue reading Would This Be Your Dream Job? Director of Sales for Moleskine USA!