I have been journaling off & on since at least high school. I don’t remember exactly when, but I became obsessed with Moleskine & Clairfontaine journals and various types of pens – fountain pens, Pigma Microns, sepia inks, etc etc. That’s when I started taking journaling workshops; I wanted to start sketch journaling, with watercolor & inks. I learned how to make my own journals & handmade books with various types of binding at San Francisco Center for the Book, and began sketch journaling, played with mail art.

I would start and stop my creative work, over and over. I kept trying to learn to draw, and got overwhelmed and discouraged when I struggled with perspective. And my day job and need for a regular paycheck interfered with my art pursuits. It’s the usual slog that most artists face.

Now: I’ve been cultivating and nurturing my creative journal practice (that is process, not product). I wanted to take this journaling obsession to the next step – encouraging other creative souls to dive in and showing them how.