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tamarie bitgood's avatar

I keep a running powerpoint open on my laptop at all times. I call it "beautiful things and ideas". As I find things that touch me online, I copy and paste them into this powerpoint...images, poems, quotes, ideas, short biographies, etc. Every week on Sunday I go through and read and look at some of these beautiful things and am inspired. BTW, I also keep what I call my "daily commonplace sketchbook" in a notebook (with no lines). I put the date on each page and fill it with drawings and quotes, poems, questions that I would like to figure out the answer to. You have inspired me so much through the years, Austin. Thank you!

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Lori Hetteen's avatar

I noticed you have Jules in your diary, which I love. I like reading through my kid quote list better than my general one. It’s weirder. Here’s a favorite from my son when he was seven: "Horses like tater tots and zebras don't. That's how you can tell the difference." Their nonsense wouldn’t mean much to other people, but we really like it.

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