Thoughts, Inspirations, Ideas, and DESTRUCTION!

If I have learned anything from being a fashion student, it's that an inspiration journal is your most valuable asset. Don't you ever have this dream where you think about something completely differently then you ever have before, and you have that moment of epiphany... and then you wake up and can't remember? I HATE that feeling; the feeling that I had this great thought and I can't remember it for the life of me.

This is the exact purpose for the journal! Whenever I have an idea for a concept or a specific design, I jot down a note or a quick sketch so that I can come back a reference it later. I even clip images that I find interesting for whatever reason.

Since starting this habit, I have accumulated many sketch books and journals with all kinds of doodles and chicken scratches. Now, whenever I see a cute tablet or journal I think I have to have it! Like I need to collect ANOTHER thing.

However, I was shopping at Urban Outfitters today and saw this journal thats sole purpose is it's destruction. Each page tells you what to do on it. By the end, the book promises to be completely wrecked. It may seem stupid to spend 12.95 on something, just to destroy it, but I thought it was genius.

It's so genius to me because whenever I used to buy a new "pretty" journal, I would be afraid to sketch and write in it because I didn't want it to be messy or make my journal ugly. The thing that I have began to realize, is that their is beauty is the used and abused. It's like a good pair of old holey Vans, their is nothing better; they are broken in and molded to your feet. Wrecking this journal will not only be fun, but it's going to help me find beauty in the journey of an item and not necessarily how aesthetically pleasing it is.

Let the wrecking begin!