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Journaling Thinking

22 Things to Put Into Your Commonplace Book

May 11, 2025May 13, 2025 Allen

Newsletter Subscriber Sara K. mentioned that she got a new notebook and wasn’t sure what to write in it. With a little brainstorming, here’s what

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Visuals

Photo Essay: First Thursday, May 1, 2025

May 2, 2025May 12, 2025 Allen
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Journaling Learning Thinking

How To Keep Your Notebook Organized

April 27, 2025May 11, 2025 Allen

In a previous post I provided some ideas for creating an Index which will help locate the information that you are looking for in a

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Visuals

How About Some Giant Bubbles?

April 26, 2025April 26, 2025 Allen

My previous post featuring bubbles was popular, so here’s another

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Learning Visuals

Early Experiments With Gouache

April 18, 2025April 27, 2025 Allen

Gouache paints are closely related to watercolor but they are really a different medium. As compared to watercolors, they are opaque instead of transparent, and

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Visuals

Urban Sketching Folder

April 13, 2025April 18, 2025 Allen

I think I’ll use this as a folder, or catch all, as I develop urban sketches.

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Journaling Visuals Writings

Update on My Visual Journaling and Diary

April 13, 2025April 26, 2025 Allen

Backstory: In late 2024 I made a list of topics that I wanted to pursue: Incorporating more visual elements and color into my work made

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Journaling Learning

Organize Your Notebooks by Indexing

March 23, 2025April 29, 2025 Allen

There is always a tug of war between analog and digital notetakers. Analog note taking has psychological evidence that it helps us to better comprehend

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Visuals

A Watercolor Tree from a Tutorial

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025 Allen

Part of visual journaling is documenting my personal journey. Here’s part of me getting reacquainted with watercolors.

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Visuals

We have some mechanized visitors

March 16, 2025March 16, 2025 Allen

Last year we had cat statues popping up around town. I saw this mechanized guy today in my travels so I suspect there are more

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  • 22 Things to Put Into Your Commonplace Book
  • Photo Essay: First Thursday, May 1, 2025
  • How To Keep Your Notebook Organized
  • How About Some Giant Bubbles?
  • Early Experiments With Gouache

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