#current journals

I know that I’m a few days late, but I’ve been really enjoying all of the “Current Journals” posts inspired by @journaling-junkie ’s January Journal Challenge, so I knew I had to post my own.

My Current Journal/Sketchbooks: (These guys typically go with me almost everywhere I go.)

1. Handlettering Practice Book #2—Guys, this sketchbook is AMAZING. It is a Canson XL Mixed Media 7"x10" sketchbook that has a really solid medium paper weight at 98lbs. I love the paper. I love the size (you can put an even 2" mat around your artwork to fit a standard 11x14 frame; I’m a framer, this is how my brain looks for paper sizes). I love that it’s spiral bound, so it will lay flat while I’m working. 10/10 definitely going to purchase again when this one is full. I should mention that the page on the left in this picture was inspired by a post by @girlfig that made me laugh pretty hard.

2. Bullet Journal—I’m not entirely sure where I got this journal from (I had it for years before I finally found a use for it). It’s not really my style, but the cover is made out of canvas board making it really sturdy and impossible to bend. This journal is where my brain goes to organize itself. I haven’t posted pages from my bullet journal on here because I don’t take the time to decorate the pages; it’s a no-nonsense place for lists, schedules and brainstorming.

3. My Art Journal—This is where my brain goes to unwind and feel free. I had a hard time finding a page that you guys haven’t already seen, so here’s an in-progress page, even though it doesn’t have too much further to go before it’s done.

4. “Adventures in White” Book—If you’ve been following my #adventuresinwhite tag, you know this a sketchbook of solid black paper, and I’ve been experimenting with every sort of white medium that I can get my hands on. The page shown here is, of course, still in progress, but the lettering is being done with a Gellyroll white gel pen and the galaxy on the right was done with General’s Charcoal White pencil.

5. A Small Collection of My Favorite Words & Phrases—It was $3 from Target and all graph paper, which I thought might be nice for lettering practice. The pages themselves are pretty lightweight though, so I don’t want to use most of my pens and markers for fear I’ll ruin their tips. It’s been pencil-only so far and there’s a good chance it will stay that way.

This makes for a happy Emily. 💛

Browse the new journals in person

Here are just three of the newest issues on display in the science library, and a tidbit of research and science news gleaned from each: 

The International Space Station is celebrating 20 years of continuous human habitation of space aboard the ISS.  A forthcoming book (to be published Nov. 2) marks this milestone with 200 photographs from space: Interior Space: A visual exploration of the International Space Station, by Paolo Nespoli and Roland Miller. (New Scientist Oct. 10, 2020, p. 27)

The Great Lakes “are filled to their brims, with no signs of receding,” and the “rate at which precipitation has changed over the past decade simply cannot be explained by historical variability alone.” Andrew Gronewold, U Mich. (Physics Today Oct. 2020, p. 26).  A warming world is the best explanation.

There is a “neural basis behind the hardships of dieting,” shown in a research study on mice.  “Lean animals exposed to [a high fat diet] showed devaluation toward [their standard diet].” Anyone who has tried to limit high-fat food gets that. Hypothalamic arcuate nucleus is implicated. (Nature Neuroscience Oct. 2020, p. 1253)