Junk Journalling 101

You remain one of the better poets on this site for the simple reason that you seem to understand that poetry is about things; objects, materials, devices, desires, stuff. It’s not ethereal or abstract, but down in the mud, the natural and manmade detritus. This is another good example of that. I think that your essentially pagan quality contributes to this, your keen spiritual eye for the beauty of specific things that life and nature set about us.

Hi Runes.
Interesting you should say that because people go on very much about their ‘style’. My style has always very much been observational at heart and processing what I’ve seen and heard and thought. It took a good few years for me to work out that we should stick to what we know because that will serve us well.

Loving that I have an “essentially pagan quality” btw. Wish I could put that on my CV.

-M

Page one and a hell of a start. Loved this to the core. Xx

Hello

I’ve been gone for months, but always like to start things over with a clean page. There’s something cathartic about that. Thank you for dropping in and leaving a word or two.

-M

After attending a decluttering workshop I concluded it's my brain that needs a defrag.
You hit multiple spots with this refreshment in true Missy style. It's 4 x 2, btw.
Best ~Abra

Hi Abra…. Still here? 🤪

You know it’s funny, my Dad has always said 2 x 4 and is the most proficient handyman I know. He is dyslexic though. Maybe it’s that. So I’ll leave it how the master says it for now just for nostalgia.

Careful on the brain defrag. Might catch a virus. I feel we’ve probably had enough of those.

Good to see you again

-M

Dear M,

I’ve never heard of junk journaling before and enjoyed the deep dive of imagery and connection of stuff and parents and art. The closing three lines…brava. This poem made me consider how my journal might read.  I’m not sure how it will read to future generations but I do know my last entry will include an oversized middle finger to the world. (Is that bad? That’s probably bad.)
Great write. H🌷

Hey

Junk Journalling is a strange phenomena. Type it into TikTok and you are a met with a plethora of well curated collections of all sorts of art collected and displayed in one place.  

It kind of speaks to my soul. I think inside me there is that mad old junk woman from the film Labyrinth - did you ever see that ? - https://youtu.be/EPLxitZJck8?si=nLq_0RRjGmBEF1Y8

By all means, own your last entry. No bit of self expression is ever bad m’dear :)

Lovely to see you again

-M

I used to journal all the time. So cathartic...just whatever thoughts were sitting on me. I haven't in years but this makes me miss it. Good to see you back! I've missed your voice here terribly!

Eh, we’ll see how it goes. Think I just needed a bloody good rest. Had to tend to the check engine light that started flashing on the dashboard. Y’know. If the car wasn’t already half in the river. That sort of thing.

Journalling has been a massive mind clearer for me the past few months. I currently have 3 on the go - my everyday journal, my shadow journal, and my junk art journal. Possibly 4 if you count my grimoire.

Love to you, lady. Always happy to see your face.

-M

Since clearing out my mom's place after she died, I sometimes worry about all the shit I'd be leaving behind if I departed today... but yeah, I was here, dammit! I won't care if people throw away my treasures at that point, but they're going to have to think about me a bit while they deal with them.

I guess I like the concept of junk journals, but I think I lack the organizational capacity for that... which is why I have junk drawers in the first place!

Great to see you back! I love this unapologetic write, and especially the description of father. Stellar.
❤️k

Sorry to hear about your Mum. My condolences.

I once read this meme that said that if you want to truly mess with people’s heads, leave a random friend a falcon in your will. That way, when you pass on, your friends and family will be like… where the fuck is the falcon?!

Anyway, that appealed to my slightly off-kilter sense of humour. However, I aim to collect enough treasures of my adventures for the possibility of a hidden falcon to never entirely be off the table.

Thanks for the welcome back. Needed to sort my head out a bit. A rest is always welcome and needed.

-M

OMG the falcon!!! That's brilliant. 🤣

I've mostly been just lurking here for quite a while too. Trying to get my head back into writing... I know I need it.

Am a fan of microbes and chaos...

Deeply evocative and thought provoking...

(My dad left me a large container
of nails n screws...

I am currently using them to build things...)