Comments on: “Creation versus Consumption”

By: 01

01 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:26:41 +0000

Yes, that is one of my weaknesses, though I do the same with other things, ie. art supplies, so I know it’s my general disease, the inability to use nice things, as I would sully them with my less than perfect lines of any kind!

By: eric

eric — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:01:50 +0000

I feel the same way. I loved Moleskine notebooks but rarely seemed to actually fill one up.

I ended up buying some Field Notes Brand notebooks… they are smaller so i can keep one in my pocket all the time, and because they are cheaper and “plainer” I tend to use it constantly. My “Field Notes” contain my journal entries, to do’s, sketches, meeting notes, random ideas, etc. I tend to use up 1 or 2 a month!

Eric

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:11:09 +0000

I suspect the answer depends on the writer and what frame of mind they are in, or what stage of dedication to the craft they’ve acheived.

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By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:04:02 +0000

For me, logical or not, if I am writing in something that does not stay open or who has weak paper or whatever, it is a distraction from whatever I am trying to do. Quality things let me focus on what I am doing. Same goes for pens or whatever. I am not an aspiring writer or anything. All I really do is lesson plans or to do lists or sermon ideas, so it may just be a different issue with me.

Albeit an compulsive, notebook obsessed one…

By: less_cunning

less_cunning — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:51:29 +0000

practically speaking, i have to agree: i use a mead 4/5 in. graph paper Quadrille neatbook notebook for ideas, a cheap made in Brazil Wal-Mart composition book for writing and rough drafts, and a free hardbound journal i got at a chicago B&N, which i use as a daily journal. i use index cards for to-do lists. et cetera…

i could go on…but i do want a moleskine or a picadilly or something nice in the future…

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:59:27 +0000

I use crap, 8-for-a-dollar college-lined notebooks for my morning pages, and Moleskines for carrying around with me. The Mole fits my needs:

*) fits in pocket
*) hardback
*) doesn’t bleed too much
*) makes me wanna fill it with notes

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