“Superficial to understand the journal as just a receptable for one's private, secret thoughts - like a confidante who is deaf, dumb, and illiterate. In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. ... The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record my actual, daily life but rather - in many cases - offers an alternative to it.” PersonsDoeSecretCasesRecordsOffersIndependentAlternativesDumbDaily LifeVehicleJournalSuperficialAlasDeafSense Of SelfIlliterateJournalingKeeping A JournalSecret Thoughts Author:Susan Sontag
“I could write all songs all day long about what I think about the music industry or music in general. Sometimes I gotta be like, "Let's write about something else." You don't want to say the same thing over and over again. In a lot of ways, I look at records as a year or two of my life encapsulated in songs. They're almost like journal entries.” ThinkingWayWantWritingYearsLooksLongTwoSometimesSongRecordsIndustryJournalMusic IndustryEntry Author:Laura Jane Grace
“It occurs to her that she should record this flash of insight in her journal - otherwise she is sure to forget, for she is someone who is always learning and forgetting and obliged to learn again.” ShouldForgetLearningRecordsInsightFlashJournalObligedAlways Learning Book:The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
“Over the years, photography has been to me what a journal is to a writer - a record of things seen and experienced, moments in the flow of time, documents of significance to me, experiments in seeing.” YearsHas BeensMomentsRecordsSeeingPhotographyFlowExperimentsSignificanceDocumentsJournal Book:In plain sight: the photographs of Beaumont Newhall Source: In plain sight: the photographs of Beaumont Newhall