We’re always traveling, be it a short walk to the grocery store around the corner or to a foreign city that takes a fifteen hour plane ride with two connections. As we travel, our eyes seek out interesting things ~ a furry dog, a bright green pair of pumps on a curiously dressed passerby, a crooked store sign lying on the side of the street. Much later, even if we’re not aware of it, the things we’ve seen and heard resurface in our thoughts, drawings and writings.

One of the things I’d like to do this spring is be a little better at recording the things around me in my journal. I won’t be overambitious and declare that I’m going to make an illustrated journal in the footsteps of Dan Price or Danny Gregory. Just some little notes and doodles a few times a week will do.

May 1st, 2007