Wanted: Moleskine #3
I need to buy a new small, plain moleskine in the next two weeks. Two years ago, I started a tradition to crack open a new moleskine on my birthday. I’m on my second moleskine this year and am about to start on my third one for 2009-2010. I expect that by the time I’m 40, I’ll have 15 of these little black books on my shelf, enough material for a few chapters of the autobiography I plan to write. (Hah!) By then too, I hope to be writing with a ‘big boy’ fountain pen, rather than the starter pen I am currently using, a black Waterman Phileas I purchased on ebay a few months ago for $22.
I have always kept a journal since I was in high school. While I didn’t write regularly until I was in college, I’ve always found the joy of recording my experiences using an actual pen and paper precious. I keep an electronic journal, using Journler, this nifty (and free!) Mac app I downloaded a couple of years ago. But Journler is for emergencies only, when I have no pen and (proper) paper. I’ve also written entries on coffee shop napkins, on the back of some of my books, and on the back of official receipts. I have some thoughts recorded on my blackberry’s Memo Pad too. But for me, nothing beats writing on a good quality paper, using an excellent quality pen. Everyone should have a go at it sometime. It’s really one of the simple joys of life one can easily experience.
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