Traveling

They seem so few...
It has been quite a while since i began using this brand of diary ( the black ones from Winsor & Newton). I started using them when i (finally) decided to go to college, 3 years ago . Mostly i draw and write on them when i'm on the train and subway going to and from my classes. Trains and subways are the best places to draw as far as i am concerned, you see so many things, different, weird, ugly, beautiful things. You can either get completely lost inside yourself, or in the world that is the passenger car. It definitely is a trip in more ways than one.
I've been lucky to ride the train for most of my life, and i'm not sure how much into drawing i would be right now, if it weren't for those train-rides back when i was still in High school. Then, in the beginning, the sketchbooks would be left forgotten everywhere, finishing one would be an accomplishment (that usually took a long looong time), but gradually, they eventually became what they are now, like underwear, and usually don't last much more than a month. One thing that really helps, is the simple fact that these sketchbooks i use now can withstand a lot of abuse (as a sketchbook should). I've been drawing for 10 years now, but only these survived. The others rotted away or i just lost them, it's a shame...
Having a diary is like having a free-pass to your memory. Just pick one up, open it, and so much comes back to you. It's like the marks my mother did on the wall keeping track of how much i had grown that year.
It's hard too make it a habit, and as much a part of yourself as it should be, but by the time it's there, you'll have learnt to keep yourself company. Your own little world...