There's something delicious about

[ithika]

opening a new journal, the pages all untouched, sitting there mute, beautifully lined with no scratches or tears. Of course, a well used journal is also a beautiful thing, but in a different way. I keep going to start writing in my new journal, then stopping because I think "my writing will never be neat enough to maintain the pristine atmosphere this unused book has now."

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Comments

[evil-megz.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean. Not that I'm a big journal user, but my handwriting looks like a child's, and thus does huge amounts of damage to a nice book.

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

The worst thing is a half-written in journal. How many of those I've started over the years.

[chesnutella.livejournal.com]

Totally understand that feeling. Same for sketchbooks...

[arinellen.livejournal.com]

Books are pretty whatever the state they are in.

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

Heheh, yeah. Mine varies from interestingly neatish to a horrible and indecipherable scrawl, so I think we have the same problem. hehe.

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

Oh, same here. I wish I'd filled a few more of them, especially the day-to-day ones I used to keep when I was little, and the event ones that I never finished and now can't remember completely (TOM, Leeuwin trip, for example)
But, it's better to have half-completed ones than none at all, no? :)

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I want a really nice sketchbook too. I want a really fancy one for uni, so I can make architectural scribblings in it and feel sophisticated when I close the book (because we all know that's not going to happen from looking at my architectural drawings >_<;;)

Although, lately I haven't been having as much trouble filling sketchbooks, which I suppose is good.

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

I agree, but they're very different things in different parts of their lives, yes?

[arinellen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I didn't disagree with your statement, I just wanted to point out something.

[bloodied-aura.livejournal.com]

ah, okay.