#keri smith

[whatsernamernl]

[jayalovesplanner]

12.20.2024 — hello, everyone! i’ve been busy for the past few days because of work but i wanted to do a quick drop-by here before succumbing myself to work again at our clinic 🥹

so here goes my essentials since college until now. a good and strong backpack, a tumbler, and my planner. as you can tell, beige/brown is my fave color, so that is why my stuff usually in that color. also, i have this book titled ‘wreck this journal’ by keri smith for almost 3 years now. and i just started really delving to it lately. as a person who likes everything in place, organized, and neat, it is oddly comforting to me to really do destructive acts to this book. 😅

how about you all? what are your school/work essentials? is there a book you are currently reading?

i hope you all are doing good today. have a great day, everyone! 👋🏻

[snobunny03]

I just started reading a book that’s been sitting in my bookcase for who’s knows how long. Probably people that are my age and older have heard of it.

It’s called “How To Be An Explorer Of The World” and it’s by Keri Smith the creator of “Wreck this Journal”.

This book is very creative and fun and it has already made me start to think about things I never thought about and see things in a different way.

I did exploration #1, which entails you to write 10 things about where you are sitting in that moment that you hadn’t noticed when you sat down. These were my findings:

1. There are so many things on top of one another.

2. Objects have been used over and over.

3. Everything has its place 

4. Every object serves a purpose. 

5. So many diff colors = bright/mute

6. Inside is still/outside is moving

7. Objects have a history/have seen my history.

8. Different sources of light in room

9. Objects have been loves/touched

10. I can hear noises outside

For that first exploration I was sitting in the ground in my art room. I can’t wait to continue with the explorations in this book

[nargisnasheen-mastam]

The Art of Noticing is deceptive in its simplicity. In our times, we have the unique opportunity (for the first time in history), to practice our attention in retrospect by doing unbelievably easy visual & audio documentation. What captures your attention during your daily commute? One thing that is slightly different today, or something that has impeccable consistency & thus becomes mundane? On your winter outing with friends, does the the turn of light on trees & water, or the sweet rotting of dead leaves, or the human voices expressing frustration at their friends’ photography skills make you smile or bemused at our priorities? What colours tie your day together, which shades are random spottings in a sea of uniformity? What qualities of the season does the blowing or still wind, communicate? We can all be artists, because every perspective is unique & necessary. Even if your audience is just you going through your own phone’s photo gallery at 3 in the morning.

I ask you to notice— what has the potential to be special?

December afternoon visions from

Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India.

The book page featured in this post is from Keri Smith’s How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum.

[sleepysera]

"When we constantly fill up all of our 'empty' time with stimulation in the form of electronic devices, games, and distractions, our brains become disengaged and the thinking process is effectively halted. We never get to hear our own inner voice--we don't develop a relationship with ourselves and our minds. We don't get to know who we are because we're not listening."

-Keri Smith, The Wander Society (2016)

[ranmagender]

i admire the work of Keri Smith

[agmagazinescans]

The AG Animal Hero Awards

American Girl Magazine, January/February 2006

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[he4rts4emmy]

look what I got!!