I've always been an admirer of Keri Smith's work and today I decided to order her newest book called 'wreck this journal'. The purpose of this journal? Well here it is:
"This book was created for anyone who has ever had trouble starting/keeping or finishing a journal/sketchbook. By forcing ourselves to wreck it on purpose, the “journal as an object” loses it’s preciousness, and allows us the feeling of completion. This book was created for every person who has looked at other artist’s journals and said, “I wish I could do that. I’ve started dozens of them but didn’t stick with it.” or, “But the journal itself is so beautiful, I don’t want to wreck it with my ideas/handwriting/drawings.” Or, “I feel pressured to write something good.”
In this book good does not exist. The goal is to fill it up, to shift your perception of the blank page and the journal itself into a place for experimentation. Into a place where you just get stuff out onto the page. A place to start working against your better judgment. To do those things you were taught to never do (make a mess, destroy, fold down pages, write in books, play with dirt). This book IS the place.
Each page of Wreck This Journal is filled with prompts telling you how to systematically ‘destroy’ the entire book."
In this book good does not exist. The goal is to fill it up, to shift your perception of the blank page and the journal itself into a place for experimentation. Into a place where you just get stuff out onto the page. A place to start working against your better judgment. To do those things you were taught to never do (make a mess, destroy, fold down pages, write in books, play with dirt). This book IS the place.
Each page of Wreck This Journal is filled with prompts telling you how to systematically ‘destroy’ the entire book."
more info at www.wreckthisjournal.com
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That books seems really interesting. Did you order it from Amazon?
haha! i can feel it. i 've tried so many times to keep a journal . but i always end up having written 5 pages in the end of the year. i wouldn't dare to treat my journal this way!! :P
@ariella: yes I did ;)
@heloise: i'm completely the same, eventhough I used to be pretty good at it when I was 15. I still have a bunch of diaries left from that time. But recently, writing has been disastrous ;)
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