Zibaldone
On keeping a zibaldone, a heap of things: thoughts, questions, observations, and general reflections on life in Provence, or elsewhere. In the south of Europe mostly, anyway.
My zibaldone: Everyday life as a Prompt
How to recognise what is worth putting down on the page Quite a few of my readers seem a little afraid to let themselves go in a zibaldone. And I understand — it is hard not to be swayed by the endless tips on social media about Getting Things Done (GTD), or to resist the Continue reading
My Zibaldone: A Journey Through My Reading Nooks
A few ideas on how to start your own zibaldone I wrote in a previous blog post on how to keep a zibaldone. I hadn’t expected so much interest! From the reactions, I sense there are doubts about how to start one, and what the difference is with a commonplace book. “Do you just throw Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Inheritance from a younger self and the horror vacui
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. Continue reading
About Me
World citizen with a notebook in hand to write, sketch and tell stories with all senses present.
This blog is a zibaldone in itself — part notebook, part stage, where fragments turn into text, images, and sometimes motion. More about me.
Recent Posts
- My zibaldone: Everyday life as a Prompt
- My Zibaldone: A Journey Through My Reading Nooks
- The barber’s minutes
- Interview about sketching on location
- The oldest house in Oppède-le-Vieux
- A Double-chambered Vessel
- Thinking through making
- Coup d’État
- Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots
- A commissioned travel journal
