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Living Lexicon
A Journal Keeper's Living Lexicon: Regularly updated, this living lexicon applies language to journaling concepts to assist in the study and discussion of journaling, as well as to afford journal keepers precision in how they work to intentionally deepen their journaling practice.


"Journaling Practice"
A journaling practice is the applied art of minding the relationship between what you record in your journal and the relationship you have with yourself.
Aug 271 min read


"Compression" (and "Extrapolation")
What is Compression? Compression is what happens when a complex thought is bundled into an abstract form for easier expression (doing so...
Aug 213 min read


Two Depth Devices for Dimensionality in Journaling
Reflect on this journal entry with me, and we'll fish out what brings the entry depth.
Aug 37 min read


"Droste": A Frame of Metacogniton
When events feel smaller and more distant thanks to journaling.
Jul 122 min read


"The Second Judge"
The voice of something in you that doesn't quite agree with your body's reaction or what your brain is first mind is suggesting...
Jul 72 min read
Some thoughts on language...
What is language? Language is one of many expressive vehicles. I used to think of it as a "tool for expression", now, I see it as the grantor of expression. Before we speak or write, we check in with Language and ask it for the words we need. Language isn't some hot new commodity fresh off the assembly line; language was here before you. It was created by, maintained by, and evolved by all of humanity before you. You're a part of its current evolution and when you're gone,
Feb 232 min read
Living Lexicon: Non-Journaled Communication
The body language of journaling. It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
Dec 30, 20241 min read


Living Lexicon: Tendril
Tangent journaling is the practice of creating separate journals to explore nuance within topics from the parent journal.
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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