l'Atelier Nomade is the personal blog of Ivan Seymus. Click around and you'll find stuff on carnet de voyage, deep mapping and journaling.

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On keeping a zibaldone

A zibaldone is an Italian vernacular commonplace book. The word means a heap of things or miscellany in Italian. A commonplace book can be described as a register of continuous learning.

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portret of John Vernon Lord in my journal

Inheritance from a younger self

First impressions of an artists’ work are based on visual aspects. Investigating it further you go deeper into her or his world. And if there is one, the reward is that you learn more about yourself.

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Souleyan sketch near Oppède

Ode to Lizzie Napoli

Créatrice of Carnets de Voyages avant la lettre. As such Lizzie Napoli should not be missing in my series about following in the footsteps of famous carnettistes.

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