Letters in the Nothing Box

Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 9:25 pm

For me, working in my journal is like meditation. Actually, I wouldn't know, because I haven't ever meditated 'successfully' (and boy I tried, but my mind just won't shut its little piehole), but I imagine this would be it. Total focus and peace. This is usually my answer when people ask me how I keep up with drawing in my journal on a daily basis. Well. Because it's my 'nothing box'.

Mostly, what I've noticed is that where drawing little scenes of my day helps me to put each day in perspective, drawing patterns and letters helps me to dive straight into that quiet place. A beautifully drawn letter can add as much to the page as a pretty picture does, I'd say. Personally, I like to draw letters without sketching them out first. There's something about putting ink directly onto paper that is just so very satisfying to me.

Naturally, faith has it that I can't really draw anything without sketching it out first, so my letters often look verrry 'DIY' (see evidence above) and I misspell half of my titles, but who cares? Right, guys? Right? Guys?

Ehm... okay.