@paperblanks-functional-art

@paperblanks-functional-art

Today and from now on… Im going to take some time to put more of myself out there through sharing a lot more of myself on here. I have the least followers in here and to be honest that is ok.

I live to learn. I love to read and journal all the time. I have a chronic book 📚 addiction.

In an effort to niche down and find my target audiences i gave found myself not really telling my story as best as I can. There is something about writing ✍🏼 especially in something as marvelous aa a paperblanks journal 📓 that helps me to express myself fully within these pages.

This is important because it helps me stay creative, review my principles and goals, and to come back to my why or rational for making strategic decisions.

P.S. This is Chance…hes a studio cat and I love ❤️ him

get rich or die tryin (2005)

Can creativity change the world? 🌎

I believe so and Im sure the artist whose work is in this exhibition in nyc inside Moynihan hall in Penn Station would agree.

A while ago I lived inside this little farmhouse. Something about the pureness and Rural feel took me back there. A simpler time.

I think it is the hand. They are notoriously hard to draw or paint. It is so realistic that I didn’t notice it and instead the piece just vibes with me. Beautiful hand. Beautiful Art. Amazing details. Yea…if art can fill ones heart with peace ✌🏾 and help us to empathize ❤️ with one another, it can certainly change the world

Elizabeth Bergeland

Philadelphia, USA

Cute Couple, 2022

I'm interested in the way a physical piece of art functions in today's world as a simple but powerful communication tool.

Sometimes it's just a simple grounding- a hand holding oranges, and yet the world-wide reach still exists because when someone stands right here in front of this work, the viewer and the artist get to communicate. Right here. Right now.

Art behaves as a radical conduit and connector in this way.

This notebook has been taken apart and put back together with different materials- the paper replaced with canvas; the neat stitching replaced with bulky blue thread. It's an exploration or exercise on how sometimes the only way to shift our understanding or enact change, is to first deconstruct what is in front of us, so that it can be put back together in a new way.

Can creativity change the world?

This was the title that caught my eye as I was zipping through Moynihan Hall in Penn Station Which is in Manhattan NYC. The artworks in the glass case which encompassed the exhibit stopped me in my tracks.

When I discovered that the exhibit was based on art that was created in moleskin Journals I could not resist. I had to take in this moment and document it so I could share it with you. These are some of my favorite pieces from this dope ass exhibit.

ZOFi

New York, USA

Technicolor, 2022

The human eye - a pool of vivid colors reflecting, refracting, and dispersing the visible spectrum of the human experience

Todays Reading: 📖 I will be finishing up Keith Haring Journals and extracting my highlights and notes from these books by Steven Pressfield

-The Artist’s Journey

-The War of Art

- Do the Work

-Turning Pro

-Nobody Wants to Read your Sh*t

I will be taking my notes and adding them into my second brain 🧠 📖📓📚📲📱🤳💻🖥️💾👨🏾‍💻👾

My paperblanks journals 📓 are the conduit in which the obscure, brilliant, broken, and racing thoughts 💭 of my mind transmutate into physical form.

Once captured, via transferring notes 📝 and highlights in my various books and media, to my paperblanks journals, they will be organized and distilled using Notion. An amazing app and the digital hub or control center of my second brain 🧠.

@paperblanks-functional-art @paperblankcanvas-blog @paperblanks-journals-blog @paperblanksandpens

In his book Building a second brain 🧠, Tiago forte lists the benefits….

THE SUPERPOWERS OF THE HUMAN BRAIN

1. Making our ideas concrete

2. Revealing New Associations between ideas 💡

3. Incubating ideas 💡 over time ⏳⏲️⌛️

4. Sharpening our unique perspectives