Development Journal
There’s an intangible quality about writing on paper. It conforms to whatever dimension the mind is thinking in. The pressure and stroke of the pen add a layer of depth to various thoughts, while playful tracing and dotting help link ideas together. It’s less about communicating ideas with others and more about creating a visual playground for your thoughts. After all, not all thoughts are as clear as we’d like to believe.
I’ve been developing these ideas through the aid of many spiral notebooks. Each one is packed with a stream of thoughts in tangible form, yet the information they contain is next to useless. The contents include formulas, matrices, ideas, and basic illustrations; most are scribbled upon to work out solutions. The development journal also serves as a second display and allows me to escape the digitalized realm of the computer for one with more finesse.
How do you develop your thoughts? I’ve read stories similar to mine, while I see others working their thoughts out with Lego blocks or by letting their minds go while gazing at stars or tiles.