Left & Right Brains

Here’s an unfinished post from 2024.

I was reading this months-old Verge article https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/8/24237639/reeder-app-internet-feeds-astro-bot-gopro-dji-installer about a few things I was researching for a post here, and this is way more relevant to things I’m interested in.

It spoke of Moleskine, and I thought about my own use of Moleskine sketchbooks, which had me thinking.

https://www.biblioasis.com/shop/non-fiction/general-history/the-notebook/

Here’s an excerpt of the book:

https://thewalrus.ca/moleskine/

Sketching

So, on that note, here are a few sketches and drawings I’ve made in the last few years in my sketchbooks. It’s actually really fun to go through them and see where my brain was at.

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Oh, by the way, I’ve turned on the new “Contact Sheet” to show the other images below.

Conclusion and Quote

I’ve picked up quite a few Moleskine, Field Notes, and Leuchtterm sketchbooks over the last three decades. So it really hit me that when a person has an idea to create a simple thing that might be useful to others, that is a development, however small, that changes our civilization.

The article I mentioned above, which is an excerpt from the book by Roland Allen, ends with this, so I’ll quote it here:

“When notebooks appear on the scene, interesting things happen. To open up to the blank page and interact with it takes energy and sometimes a little courage.

“But the rewards may surprise.”

— Roland Allen

Left brain, right brain…

The act of writing down the idea is instrumental for me in recording ideas and exploring concepts. It’s a crucial tool for me. Clearly, since I keep posting about them.

Thanks for reading.
— Luke