From the reading assignment, I found the amount of data incredibly fascinating. It's often easy to take notes for granted. I mean, one expects a sensation to be as fresh and vivid as when it was first experienced, but the truth is that things get lost and things are never as fresh as they were initially. So, notes are a pretty swell thing to use when recalling events.
Rick Hoblitt is a wonderful example of a living dialogue. Kinda like the hovering author in Stranger Than Fiction, (you'll have to excuse me, it's on TV right now and I just can't help myself), Hoblitt details every single event down to the very second. It almost makes one wonder how he even manages to live when every moment is scribbled down in his notebook.
I really enjoyed Renato Umali's kind of research. I mean, a day-to-day collage of events--single events--that affect him and make him. It would be amazing to look back and see how things developed. It seems like a wonderfully terrible way to see the truth of things.
Something about Hannah Hinchman's note-taking was also very endearing to me. While her notes were not as meticulous as Hoblitt's, nor as personal as Umali's, Hinchman's notes registered the simple beauty of the world around her. A simple note for each day, marking the changes in the seasons. Her drawings capture an overall feel of the area--what the scene makes her feel rather than what it may actually look like.
Looking at these notes, it makes me want to be organized with my own. I mean, fifty-two lil' notecards pinned on a tiny cork board is hardly a place for good inspiration. I guess I'm making a late New Year's resolution. Wish me luck.
-Aerica
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