Take a tour of notebooks and journals from the Renaissance to the present day, including explorers’ sketchbooks, ships logs, artists’ books, diaries and more. This class will also introduce multiple practical ideas for the highly adaptable bullet journal method for everything from science projects, crafts, travel, art, personal organization, reflection, and much more. Discover how a journal can be your new (or improved) best friend. This class will draw on diverse and entertaining sources including Roland Allen’s The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper; Huw Lewis-Jones’ Explorers’ Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure; David Sax’s The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter; and Ryder Carroll’s The Bullet Journal Method: Track the Past, Order the Present, Design the Future, and more.
((Anne Semmler - Thursday - In-Person))