I write in journals and analog has been my battle cry for eons. So hope you can reach many. My 250 push is cursive writing and I ordered these cool books to sell in gallery this year to encourage kids to write in the secret code of the colonists. Breaks my heart that many kids donβt have a signature, canβt read handwritten notes, and so much is lost as their donβt get rote and memory, eye and hand coordination, and the lessons from old sayings and bits of poetry and text that were used to teach bit just secretive but capitalization, punctuation, an spelling. Memory builds connections just like analog life does. So glad this is your goal. Have loved your work since the old days. Peace.
Writing beautifully has been a goal of mine. Perhaps this is a nudge. When I worked in the bookstore, I always tried to have a few books to help others. Now I will have to see what I can find for myself. Peace, Alissa
I have been desperately wanting to take up my journaling again, and not just when traveling. I need to do so. I need to reignite it. Thanks for being around and for reminding me of this!
A dear friend in Maine does puzzles, often small, and I have thought how it must be a form of meditation for her. She gifted a small one and today I will pull it out and join you all.
β¦we are all pieces in the larger world. ππ²
My mentor lived in York and was obsessed with puzzles. He lived to be almost a hundred. I had a puzzle for his 100th birthday but he died before I got to mail it. Itβs still wrapped.
Aww how amazing that he lived to be almost 100, maybe this is your sign from the universe to open up that gift yourself and do the puzzle? I'm sure he would love that. :)
He was a philosopher type and once explained to me how he could sit and watch the sun cross over about a blade of grass all day. With him, he actually tried to point out which blade of grass so we would be on the same blade-of-glass page. As long as it remains unopened, itβs like there still seems a realm of possibility that he might open it some dayβ¦ thatβa more fun than thinking of his ashes on salt marshes. Old people often like anticipation more than another mission accomplished. :-)
A friend of mine loves puzzles, you can also find some great ones at libraries! And itβs always a plus to support your local library.
Myself, I have printmaking, a very hands on and time-demanding (in all the best ways) process from start to finish- drawing the design, transfering to a block, carving the block, inking and pulling prints by hand. I love journaling, and this year Iβm starting a personal art journal as well as a βsisterhood of the traveling journalβ with a group of art therapy friends. I love building miniatures and legos and doing paint by numbers when I want to be creative but my brain feels a little too crispy (burnt out) to dig out original ideas.
Yes you should!! Once you get a lil group together, everyone starts their own journals with a little intro page, maybe set a general theme, and then create some spreads that youβd want others in the sisterhood to add to- βabout meβ pages, color dumps, favorite recipes, washi taps, doodle page, pet page, free pages for them to add whatever they want, etc. You can decide on how long people have the journals before shipping them out, create a rotation, and keep it going until you get your own journal back! Weβre super excited to get it started
Oooh, Never thought of libraries for this! Brilliant idea. And I've wanted to get into printmaking for so long, the kind where you carve your own out and roll it. My buddy Gregory does these and they are stunning. Only problem, I suck at drawing. ;)
You could always test it out with an easy doodle! Carve a little heart or a peace sign, get the feel of it, itβs the art therapist in me but you donβt have to be βgoodβ at art to make it- turn those βsuckyβ drawings into the prints! lol
I LOVE puzzles! I have an entire closet full of ones which I love, and many many beautiful wooden ones which are smaller and fun, plus one life size wooden puzzle of the starry night! The pieces are chunky and my husband and I did it on the floor and it came in two boxes. I spend hours and hours puzzling every year. Whenever im sad or stressed it is what I need. Sadly, the state of the world has me in that mindset often now. Recently when im done with puzzles I take a picture, print it, and stick it in a journal that has all the photos of my completed puzzles too. When im not working on a puzzle im Journaling about the books I read (if you look up reading journal on YouTube, this is what I mean, super decorative, tactile, making things with my hands and writing about the other hobby i love and my thoughts on the media im consuming so voraciously)
Much love from the Midwest, MN is scary right now so I hope others in the area can get some puzzles and try this out too! It works, even if only for a few hours β‘ I promise!
Holy moly I love the idea of your puzzle journal! And the giant starry night puzzle sounds like an absolute dream. I would love to see a photo of that one!
We're 1000% in a "puzzles are necessary" timeline. It's so amazing and beautiful how it slows the brain. Sending all our love back, and we're hoping for peace so soon.
With deference to other suggestionsβ¦ here is some theme music to puzzle byβ¦ βPick up the Piecesβ by Average White Band ( Scotland, 1974). https://youtu.be/DyjlxsJEknc?si=0weUynwIq_eE4mUz
Thank-you Tyler! Jigsaw puzzles are such a great solution to becoming untethered from screens! I am going downstairs right now, and I'm going to dig out some puzzles that I have been saving for "a rainy day" (for about 25 years now!). I am starting now. Thank-you, thank-you!
Such a good reminder to us all, to take a step away from everything digital, even for just a little while. I have many puzzles to work on still myself, but I also have some of my larger Lego sets to build and colouring books to continue filling in. And books to read, endless books that fill up my little apartment everywhere I can fit them.
Happiest days. Thanks, Audible subscription credit. I'll still be phasing you out next month.
Things a Jojobird does:
- heeds the insight & wisdom of McNulty & Sage Kevin
- lifts heavy things & dances it out
- allows Flo's latest album to live in her bloodstream (Buckle.)
- form a Top 16 of Taylor Alison Swift (yes, the youngest female inductee into the Songwriter Hall of Fame) with McNulty & Higgins. You're welcome to join.
- sunlight; stretching; meditating
- the music cathedral: making, playing, creating; listening & tinkling with mashups. and, making mixtapes. always. all. ways.
I'm a samurai sudoku girl (five interlocked) on weekends & the daily broadsheet's puzzle page when I remember on a weekday. So, I feel this in my bones
I love jigsaw puzzles! Iβve never seen any as beautiful as the ones in your post though, that round one is gorgeous!!!
I read an interesting article about how playing Tetris can help PTSD episodes / panic attacks. I think jigsaw puzzles are similar - when my mind is uncomfortable, the action of sorting and assembling a jigsaw is incredibly soothing.
I can simultaneously see Tetris as helping panic attacks, and possibly causing them once the pieces really start flying hahaha. Jigsaws, it's the slowness that fixes me.
I have had a puzzle sitting out that I started two years ago so this is a great reminder to resume working on it while winter is keeping me inside. I can get lost in a good book, too. But the thing that I enjoy most- nerd alert: rock hunting at the beach. I lose track of time. I could go every day and bring home yet another bag of rocks. Of course thatβs only something I can do from about May and until November and this year we didnβt have many rocks in my area on Lake Huron (Ontario, Canada). Since I do rock tumbling, again in the warmer months of the year, I like sorting through the rocks I have collected, looking for good ones to tumble in the spring.
I LOVE ROCK HUNTING. In fact, that's the ONLY souvenir I ever bring home from trips. Sarah and I have bottles and bottles of rocks, sea glass, feathers, etc, that I bring home EVery single time we travel. We label them so we can remember where we found them. :)
Love it. You have some really cool puzzles. I especially like the one with the boat in the forest. I have almost constantly had a puzzle going for about 10-15 years now. I have to take the puzzle table down for the Christmas tree but other than that I almost always have one going. Iβll leave them sit for a few days then tear it apart and start another. For anyone interested January is national puzzle month and Barnes & Noble always runs a buy one get one half off sale for the month.
Something else really relaxing is Powerwash Simulator for PS5. I went through a really rough time about a year and a half ago and couldnβt focus on anything. I started that up and it kept me going for a long time. Now Iβm playing the sequel π₯°
The REALLY cool ones were just borrowed from our amazing neighbor Tim! We have only two really cool ones! and BUY ONE HALF OFF SOUNDS MAGIC. I'm going now. Also, I wanna do the powerwash thing, but I don't have a PS5 :) I need a PS5 Sponsor to set me up hahaha
My analog activity this month has been knitting. My mom and maternal grandma didnβt know how. My paternal grandma knew how but had 4 sons who didnβt learn.
It was been a fun reclaiming of a lost art. Also, itβs easy. Itβs fun. Thereβs so many possibilities.
I want to learn to crochet next because I found a pattern for a strawberry bucket hat and how could you not want to wear that to every farmers market???
Itβs Legoβs for me and my son at home in SC, but itβll be gardening and cooking in Savannah. I love picking at puzzles though. I just donβt do it enough.
For some weird reason, Legos don't do what Puzzles do. I get more frustrated with Legos like I'm looking at Ikea directions hahaha. Also, we're DESPERATE to get to Savannah! Please find us a wedding haha.
We LOVE puzzles!!! My husband and I have also gone back to playing card and board games. I've started doodling zentangles and doing diamond gem art, anything to keep my mind active and off electronics. I sleep better at night and the conversations are more present and not half-assed. Fully support disconnecting from electronics!
I write in journals and analog has been my battle cry for eons. So hope you can reach many. My 250 push is cursive writing and I ordered these cool books to sell in gallery this year to encourage kids to write in the secret code of the colonists. Breaks my heart that many kids donβt have a signature, canβt read handwritten notes, and so much is lost as their donβt get rote and memory, eye and hand coordination, and the lessons from old sayings and bits of poetry and text that were used to teach bit just secretive but capitalization, punctuation, an spelling. Memory builds connections just like analog life does. So glad this is your goal. Have loved your work since the old days. Peace.
Writing beautifully has been a goal of mine. Perhaps this is a nudge. When I worked in the bookstore, I always tried to have a few books to help others. Now I will have to see what I can find for myself. Peace, Alissa
Absolutely a nudge. We need words more than ever before.
I have been desperately wanting to take up my journaling again, and not just when traveling. I need to do so. I need to reignite it. Thanks for being around and for reminding me of this!
A dear friend in Maine does puzzles, often small, and I have thought how it must be a form of meditation for her. She gifted a small one and today I will pull it out and join you all.
β¦we are all pieces in the larger world. ππ²
My mentor lived in York and was obsessed with puzzles. He lived to be almost a hundred. I had a puzzle for his 100th birthday but he died before I got to mail it. Itβs still wrapped.
Aww how amazing that he lived to be almost 100, maybe this is your sign from the universe to open up that gift yourself and do the puzzle? I'm sure he would love that. :)
He was a philosopher type and once explained to me how he could sit and watch the sun cross over about a blade of grass all day. With him, he actually tried to point out which blade of grass so we would be on the same blade-of-glass page. As long as it remains unopened, itβs like there still seems a realm of possibility that he might open it some dayβ¦ thatβa more fun than thinking of his ashes on salt marshes. Old people often like anticipation more than another mission accomplished. :-)
It sounds like he and Tyler would have been good friends, blade of grass watching buddies. :)
UNWRAP! :) Get that baby going!
I love this, and they truly do feel like meditation to us as well, I hope you find the same!
Here's to your puzzling! Share a photo when done!
A friend of mine loves puzzles, you can also find some great ones at libraries! And itβs always a plus to support your local library.
Myself, I have printmaking, a very hands on and time-demanding (in all the best ways) process from start to finish- drawing the design, transfering to a block, carving the block, inking and pulling prints by hand. I love journaling, and this year Iβm starting a personal art journal as well as a βsisterhood of the traveling journalβ with a group of art therapy friends. I love building miniatures and legos and doing paint by numbers when I want to be creative but my brain feels a little too crispy (burnt out) to dig out original ideas.
Sisterhood of the traveling journal!? I need to hear more about this, I love it already and may have to see if I can start one of my own!
Yes you should!! Once you get a lil group together, everyone starts their own journals with a little intro page, maybe set a general theme, and then create some spreads that youβd want others in the sisterhood to add to- βabout meβ pages, color dumps, favorite recipes, washi taps, doodle page, pet page, free pages for them to add whatever they want, etc. You can decide on how long people have the journals before shipping them out, create a rotation, and keep it going until you get your own journal back! Weβre super excited to get it started
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPenaUYDRmk/?igsh=MWhndnYwOWY3OTd3aA==
A good page with examples!
Oooh, Never thought of libraries for this! Brilliant idea. And I've wanted to get into printmaking for so long, the kind where you carve your own out and roll it. My buddy Gregory does these and they are stunning. Only problem, I suck at drawing. ;)
You could always test it out with an easy doodle! Carve a little heart or a peace sign, get the feel of it, itβs the art therapist in me but you donβt have to be βgoodβ at art to make it- turn those βsuckyβ drawings into the prints! lol
I LOVE puzzles! I have an entire closet full of ones which I love, and many many beautiful wooden ones which are smaller and fun, plus one life size wooden puzzle of the starry night! The pieces are chunky and my husband and I did it on the floor and it came in two boxes. I spend hours and hours puzzling every year. Whenever im sad or stressed it is what I need. Sadly, the state of the world has me in that mindset often now. Recently when im done with puzzles I take a picture, print it, and stick it in a journal that has all the photos of my completed puzzles too. When im not working on a puzzle im Journaling about the books I read (if you look up reading journal on YouTube, this is what I mean, super decorative, tactile, making things with my hands and writing about the other hobby i love and my thoughts on the media im consuming so voraciously)
Much love from the Midwest, MN is scary right now so I hope others in the area can get some puzzles and try this out too! It works, even if only for a few hours β‘ I promise!
Holy moly I love the idea of your puzzle journal! And the giant starry night puzzle sounds like an absolute dream. I would love to see a photo of that one!
If I can find it I will share!!! It was pre-puzzle journal, so the photo is somewhere on my computer, or it will be an excuse to redo it again :)
We're 1000% in a "puzzles are necessary" timeline. It's so amazing and beautiful how it slows the brain. Sending all our love back, and we're hoping for peace so soon.
With deference to other suggestionsβ¦ here is some theme music to puzzle byβ¦ βPick up the Piecesβ by Average White Band ( Scotland, 1974). https://youtu.be/DyjlxsJEknc?si=0weUynwIq_eE4mUz
As usual, PERFECTLY timed and chosen.
Thank-you Tyler! Jigsaw puzzles are such a great solution to becoming untethered from screens! I am going downstairs right now, and I'm going to dig out some puzzles that I have been saving for "a rainy day" (for about 25 years now!). I am starting now. Thank-you, thank-you!
Yay! Please share a photo when you're done or even in the process? I love seeing other peoples puzzling!
YES PLEASE! I Want progress photos please, even if you just have to email them to me :)
Such a good reminder to us all, to take a step away from everything digital, even for just a little while. I have many puzzles to work on still myself, but I also have some of my larger Lego sets to build and colouring books to continue filling in. And books to read, endless books that fill up my little apartment everywhere I can fit them.
Legos are just 3D Puzzles :) I cannot wait to hear all the analog goodness you get up to, and the way it shifts you in doing so.
I snagged The Never Was on Audible.
Happiest days. Thanks, Audible subscription credit. I'll still be phasing you out next month.
Things a Jojobird does:
- heeds the insight & wisdom of McNulty & Sage Kevin
- lifts heavy things & dances it out
- allows Flo's latest album to live in her bloodstream (Buckle.)
- form a Top 16 of Taylor Alison Swift (yes, the youngest female inductee into the Songwriter Hall of Fame) with McNulty & Higgins. You're welcome to join.
- sunlight; stretching; meditating
- the music cathedral: making, playing, creating; listening & tinkling with mashups. and, making mixtapes. always. all. ways.
- hydrating & listening to my body
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Ahh, that means you have to hear this old voice in your eardrums! :) This list rocks, you rock. As usual.
I'm a samurai sudoku girl (five interlocked) on weekends & the daily broadsheet's puzzle page when I remember on a weekday. So, I feel this in my bones
Yes, sudoku and other number and word puzzles are fun!
FIVE INTERLOCKED SUDOKU!? That sounds very, very, very hard.
Tis the way of the samurai, TKG ;)
And, may I please remind you that you forged us in fire - consider those beauties my 3D puzzles π
I love jigsaw puzzles! Iβve never seen any as beautiful as the ones in your post though, that round one is gorgeous!!!
I read an interesting article about how playing Tetris can help PTSD episodes / panic attacks. I think jigsaw puzzles are similar - when my mind is uncomfortable, the action of sorting and assembling a jigsaw is incredibly soothing.
Analog activities for the win!
I can simultaneously see Tetris as helping panic attacks, and possibly causing them once the pieces really start flying hahaha. Jigsaws, it's the slowness that fixes me.
I have had a puzzle sitting out that I started two years ago so this is a great reminder to resume working on it while winter is keeping me inside. I can get lost in a good book, too. But the thing that I enjoy most- nerd alert: rock hunting at the beach. I lose track of time. I could go every day and bring home yet another bag of rocks. Of course thatβs only something I can do from about May and until November and this year we didnβt have many rocks in my area on Lake Huron (Ontario, Canada). Since I do rock tumbling, again in the warmer months of the year, I like sorting through the rocks I have collected, looking for good ones to tumble in the spring.
I LOVE ROCK HUNTING. In fact, that's the ONLY souvenir I ever bring home from trips. Sarah and I have bottles and bottles of rocks, sea glass, feathers, etc, that I bring home EVery single time we travel. We label them so we can remember where we found them. :)
Love it. You have some really cool puzzles. I especially like the one with the boat in the forest. I have almost constantly had a puzzle going for about 10-15 years now. I have to take the puzzle table down for the Christmas tree but other than that I almost always have one going. Iβll leave them sit for a few days then tear it apart and start another. For anyone interested January is national puzzle month and Barnes & Noble always runs a buy one get one half off sale for the month.
Something else really relaxing is Powerwash Simulator for PS5. I went through a really rough time about a year and a half ago and couldnβt focus on anything. I started that up and it kept me going for a long time. Now Iβm playing the sequel π₯°
The REALLY cool ones were just borrowed from our amazing neighbor Tim! We have only two really cool ones! and BUY ONE HALF OFF SOUNDS MAGIC. I'm going now. Also, I wanna do the powerwash thing, but I don't have a PS5 :) I need a PS5 Sponsor to set me up hahaha
lol they are a big purchase
My analog activity this month has been knitting. My mom and maternal grandma didnβt know how. My paternal grandma knew how but had 4 sons who didnβt learn.
It was been a fun reclaiming of a lost art. Also, itβs easy. Itβs fun. Thereβs so many possibilities.
I want to learn to crochet next because I found a pattern for a strawberry bucket hat and how could you not want to wear that to every farmers market???
Analog for the win
Knitting is phenomenal. I cannot wait to see what you make.
Itβs Legoβs for me and my son at home in SC, but itβll be gardening and cooking in Savannah. I love picking at puzzles though. I just donβt do it enough.
For some weird reason, Legos don't do what Puzzles do. I get more frustrated with Legos like I'm looking at Ikea directions hahaha. Also, we're DESPERATE to get to Savannah! Please find us a wedding haha.
We LOVE puzzles!!! My husband and I have also gone back to playing card and board games. I've started doodling zentangles and doing diamond gem art, anything to keep my mind active and off electronics. I sleep better at night and the conversations are more present and not half-assed. Fully support disconnecting from electronics!