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I love this series. Thanks Jillian for sharing these with us.

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I love this series too!

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I love notebooks. 📓 Reading this makes me want to put something in them. 😊lm going to start today as I wait for my daughter’s appointment to be over. Thank you.

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Yay! That's the best compliment I can think of.

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Nov 18Liked by Jillian Hess

What a cornucopia of beautiful notebooks (and beautifully inventive notebookers)! I think I've shared this idea with you before, Jillian: Wouldn't it be fun to create a course or challenge where participants are prompted to try out a different notebooking style every day or week or month, as a way of expanding their own ways of thinking? I'd sign on for sure!

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I love that idea, Helen! And I've been mulling it over ever since you brought it up.

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Nov 18Liked by Jillian Hess

Thanks for sharing this, Jillian. It's amazing to see the endless variety of how people take notes and how they use them. I feel inspired!

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I'm so glad to hear that!

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Thank you so much for including me here, Jillian ❤️‍🔥

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Thanks for sharing your notes with us, B.A.!

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I love seeing these different styles of notetaking from all of us. It’s fascinating how varied our minds work at processing information. Thank you!

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Yes. I love the variety!

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Nov 18Liked by Jillian Hess

This was so interesting and I enjoyed all of the different ways that the artists were creating. I love a look inside the creative mind(notebook).

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Me too! And notebooks feel like the closest we can get to looking inside a creative person's mind.

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This is so fun to see! Thanks for this!

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You're very welcome. This was fun for me to put together.

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Fantastic!

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💛

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MAYBE this little physical activity gives the creative process just the right nudge..... Texting may be more " efficient ", but one doesn't get much to change gears ( or something similar ).

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Oh, I totally agree!

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I usually try some type of meditation before working on art pieces. But " different strokes ".....

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Wow, all of these are so beautiful!!

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I thought so too :)

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Nov 18Liked by Jillian Hess

“You need to do more research” —I am HERE for this!!

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Yes, and also, I'd like a sign that says "stop doing research and start writing!"

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Oh my goodness the cartoon script! The scooby doo method! I always do this same thing making a list of unresolved questions - I am forever going forward going to have to call it the scooby doo method. Thanks so much Jillian for sharing my Bear House pages along with all these amazing notes! So fun to see inside other creatives' notebooks!

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Thanks so much for sharing your notes with us Meaghan. They are magical!

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I love these! I am a Field Notes devotee and fill a notebook a month but my notes are quite plain. It is so cool to see how artistic other people are with their note-taking.

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I love that you fill a notebook a month!

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Thanks for sharing these insightful notebooks. I especially loved looking at the work that goes into creating the posts for the newsletter Dandelion Seeds by Candace Rose Rardon. I have always admired her work and now I have a glimpse into her thought process. Delightful!

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I'm so very taken with Candace's grid because it's almost exactly how I help people structure presentations/stories. Can't wait to go read the piece now.

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