small rules that make room
Sometimes, something can begin with only a little time, a little space, and one simple rule at a time...
Morgan Harper Nichols
An ongoing series by artist and writer Morgan Harper Nichols exploring journaling, notebook keeping, and the various designated spaces we create and keep for thinking and discovery, reflection and imagination.
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Rearranging the Furniture of a Sentence: Loosening things from their usual places
Rearranging furniture can make a room feel new even if you don’t purchase anything new.
Let April be April and let May be May, even while this story is still forming.
The way I began this poem, with “Let April be April, Let May be May,” is a theme, a “space” I’ve been working with for about 4 or 5 years now that can be found in many other pieces of mine, “Let June be June, Let July be July,...”
“I’m circling this again...but at least now, I can see the loops” - and other tangled realizations from simple drawings
I took an 8.5x11 piece of paper and for about 2 minutes, I drew 16 scribbles and then asked myself the question” What do these lines seem to be realizing over time?”
A Space To Just Be and Belong
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No Longer Waiting: Lessons from Kaleidoscopes on Embracing What's Already in Motion
The kaleidoscope works differently than the mirror tools that came before it.
The Cost of Transformation (And Daring To Sing, Anyway)
The cost of transformation: having to live the change while the world responds in ways you cannot always predict
3 Ways to Notice Quiet Changes That Took Shape Within a Year
Discover Hidden Moments of Transformation from Fiction-Inspired Reflections
Your Growth May Challenge Others’ Comfort—and That’s Okay
Lessons from fiction for when you realize they don't know you like they thought they did
Embracing The Fragments That Make The Whole: A Story of Acceptance, Commonplacing, and Finishing Grad School
Post-graduation reflections, what I learned from commonplace books, and a free downloadable guide at the end!