Mmmm...

"I think it's the creamy smooth white expanse that fills every single page.  The silky feel of the paper when you brush your fingertips, just the tips, across it.  The sensual glide of the pen across the page that makes everything you write seem special, even important.  The smooth sound, barely audible but definitely there, that is heard when you move the pen slowly across the page in nice, even lines.  The very smell of the Moleskine that excites the senses.  I need to be alone with my Moleskine now. "

James Kendrick
JK On The Run

Comments

[A Reader]

I think you guys are missing the point here. It's not what you write on, but what you WRITE. In the end, no one but you knows that you wrote on an $11 fancy foo foo notebook page instead of a stolen cocktail napkin. I suggest reading Howard Junker's compendium called "The Writer's Notebook." It was before the phenoMMMenon of Moleskine. It might put a spin on this whole craziness.

[Armand]

I think you mmmmissed this earlier post:

http://www.moleskinerie.com/2004/01/what_do_we_writ.html

[A Reader]

I humbly stand corrected :)

[Joy]

Further, 'A Reader':

V. Avoid haphazard writing materials. A pedantic adherence to certain papers, pens, inks is beneficial. No luxury, but an abundance of these utensils is indispensable.

from: Walter Benjamin, One-Way Street
The Writer's Technique in Thirteen Theses

[jk]

jkOnTheRun has just opened new discussion forums including one for Moleskine owners. Everyone is welcome!

http://forum.jkontherun.com/