Representation

Something related to mapping in a not so obvious way- I was at Barnes & Noble last night and found a great book called. "1001 Journals." It's a project started by someone in San Francisco that involved his sending 1000 blank journals out into the world to see what would come back to him. They started out in SF; given to friends, left in public places or mailed to random people with instructions to take a page- or 2 and do whatever to them visually. There was a way to track some of them electronically as well- not exactly sure how, but some of them were literally mapped on their journey. The book is based on compilations from various journals that he got back or that were scanned and sent to him. There are amazing pages and pages of visuals, and stories. It's just so cool to imagine these blank journals traveling all over the planet by way of people who don't know each other, and they all end up relating back to each other. There is a web site- of course: www.1001journals.com that explains what the project is about and how anyone can get involved.
There are three types of journals:
1) Traveling- This is a journal that is sent by mail to a list of people who sign up.
2) Location- A journal that stays at one public location, such as a cafe, shop, or bookstore. It should be open to everyone, but they’ll have to visit the location.
3) Personal- Your own personal journal that you post to the site to share (you must scan the journal).
There are some interactive things too. . . very inspirational- at the very least for me to get more into journaling. What a small place this world is.