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EMBODIMENT
2007 paper journal/diary project
Created on 2005-08-27 21:41:57 (#8136992), last updated 2009-07-04
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Basic Info| Name: | EMBODIMENT: keeping paper journals in 2008 |
|---|---|
| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members |
About2008 MEMBERSHIP IS NOW OPEN OPEN OPEN!
THE GOAL OF EMBODIMENT
To write in a paper diary/journal every day, beginning Jan. 1st. Entries may be as short as a word or a sentence, or as long as several pages. Visual journal entries are also encouraged, including sketches, collages, or photography. Missing a day is not failure... but the GOAL is to keep a journal to document a year of your life, so, if you miss a day, two, or twenty - pick up that diary again and press forward!
WHY?
Because in this digital realm where we can so easily delete and repeat, concretizing and externalizing in the form of a paper journal just feels good. If you still want to delete your thoughts when it's all over, you can have a ritual burning. ;)
WHAT SHOULD YOU POST?
please note, these are simply ideas, and are OPTIONAL. people are certainly not required to post scans of their journal pages. the discussion and postings will be loose and varied.
1. you can post scans of your paper journal entries.
2. you can talk about the benefits/challenges of the process.
3. tell us what you wrote about on a given day.
4. post prompts or theme ideas. ex: "write a memory involving rain."
5. just chit-chat on the topic of self-narrative, diaries, etc.
MEMBERSHIP
Now open until midnight EST on Dec. 31st!
COMMUNITY RULES
RULE NUMBER ONE
Our goal is to make an entry in our paper diaries every day. You do not have to post to the community every day. In fact, if we all post every day, it is going to be so flooded with entries that there will be little benefit. Some solutions would be to post occasionally, to post your best or most interesting ideas/images, or to post a weekly wrap-up under an LJ-cut. Also, if you're posting long text entries of any kind, please provide a summary and place additional text under an LJ-cut.
RULE NUMBER TWO
Posting photos or scans is encouraged, but by no means required. To be courteous, please limit your posts to one main photo, with additional and/or larger photos placed under LJ-cut tag. Photos should be absolutely no larger than 600 pixels on the longest side.
RULE NUMBER THREE
Nudity, sensitive material, and anything which might be upsetting to others should be placed under a LJ-cut tag. This includes posts of a sexual or violent nature, or anything that might get me fired if my boss sees me reading my friends page. You ARE permitted to post nudity and/or sensitive material, but it MUST be properly announced and placed under an LJ-cut. I have no desire to censor content, we just need to be respectful of other members, some of whom are very young.
RULE NUMBER FOUR
Please tag your posts. This will help other users find relevant information faster, and it will help us organize the group memories. Try to be CONSISTENT with your tagging. TAGS MUST BE SEPARATED BY COMMAS Like this: love, journal, life. Please DON'T tag with dates, or things like "first entry" or "entry 32" think about how many tags we'll have if everyone does that :) We can search dates with the calendar.
RULE NUMBER FIVE
Enjoy this... persevere... interact, share, grow, and at the end of the year we'll have something to be really proud of here. :) xoxo![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
crissy
THE GOAL OF EMBODIMENT
To write in a paper diary/journal every day, beginning Jan. 1st. Entries may be as short as a word or a sentence, or as long as several pages. Visual journal entries are also encouraged, including sketches, collages, or photography. Missing a day is not failure... but the GOAL is to keep a journal to document a year of your life, so, if you miss a day, two, or twenty - pick up that diary again and press forward!
WHY?
Because in this digital realm where we can so easily delete and repeat, concretizing and externalizing in the form of a paper journal just feels good. If you still want to delete your thoughts when it's all over, you can have a ritual burning. ;)
WHAT SHOULD YOU POST?
please note, these are simply ideas, and are OPTIONAL. people are certainly not required to post scans of their journal pages. the discussion and postings will be loose and varied.
1. you can post scans of your paper journal entries.
2. you can talk about the benefits/challenges of the process.
3. tell us what you wrote about on a given day.
4. post prompts or theme ideas. ex: "write a memory involving rain."
5. just chit-chat on the topic of self-narrative, diaries, etc.
MEMBERSHIP
Now open until midnight EST on Dec. 31st!
COMMUNITY RULES
RULE NUMBER ONE
Our goal is to make an entry in our paper diaries every day. You do not have to post to the community every day. In fact, if we all post every day, it is going to be so flooded with entries that there will be little benefit. Some solutions would be to post occasionally, to post your best or most interesting ideas/images, or to post a weekly wrap-up under an LJ-cut. Also, if you're posting long text entries of any kind, please provide a summary and place additional text under an LJ-cut.
RULE NUMBER TWO
Posting photos or scans is encouraged, but by no means required. To be courteous, please limit your posts to one main photo, with additional and/or larger photos placed under LJ-cut tag. Photos should be absolutely no larger than 600 pixels on the longest side.
RULE NUMBER THREE
Nudity, sensitive material, and anything which might be upsetting to others should be placed under a LJ-cut tag. This includes posts of a sexual or violent nature, or anything that might get me fired if my boss sees me reading my friends page. You ARE permitted to post nudity and/or sensitive material, but it MUST be properly announced and placed under an LJ-cut. I have no desire to censor content, we just need to be respectful of other members, some of whom are very young.
RULE NUMBER FOUR
Please tag your posts. This will help other users find relevant information faster, and it will help us organize the group memories. Try to be CONSISTENT with your tagging. TAGS MUST BE SEPARATED BY COMMAS Like this: love, journal, life. Please DON'T tag with dates, or things like "first entry" or "entry 32" think about how many tags we'll have if everyone does that :) We can search dates with the calendar.
RULE NUMBER FIVE
Enjoy this... persevere... interact, share, grow, and at the end of the year we'll have something to be really proud of here. :) xoxo
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