#keri smith

[nargisnasheen-mastam]

The Art of Noticing is deceptive in its simplicity. In our times, we have the unique opportunity (for the first time in history), to practice our attention in retrospect by doing unbelievably easy visual & audio documentation. What captures your attention during your daily commute? One thing that is slightly different today, or something that has impeccable consistency & thus becomes mundane? On your winter outing with friends, does the the turn of light on trees & water, or the sweet rotting of dead leaves, or the human voices expressing frustration at their friends’ photography skills make you smile or bemused at our priorities? What colours tie your day together, which shades are random spottings in a sea of uniformity? What qualities of the season does the blowing or still wind, communicate? We can all be artists, because every perspective is unique & necessary. Even if your audience is just you going through your own phone’s photo gallery at 3 in the morning.

I ask you to notice— what has the potential to be special?

December afternoon visions from

Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Delhi, India.

The book page featured in this post is from Keri Smith’s How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum.

[jayalovesplanner]

12.20.2024 — hello, everyone! i’ve been busy for the past few days because of work but i wanted to do a quick drop-by here before succumbing myself to work again at our clinic 🥹

so here goes my essentials since college until now. a good and strong backpack, a tumbler, and my planner. as you can tell, beige/brown is my fave color, so that is why my stuff usually in that color. also, i have this book titled ‘wreck this journal’ by keri smith for almost 3 years now. and i just started really delving to it lately. as a person who likes everything in place, organized, and neat, it is oddly comforting to me to really do destructive acts to this book. 😅

how about you all? what are your school/work essentials? is there a book you are currently reading?

i hope you all are doing good today. have a great day, everyone! 👋🏻

[7thelaine]

I'm decided I wanted to post my journey destroying my copy of Wreck This Journal (by Keri Smith). I hope you enjoy the ride!

[lils-ki]

look what I got!!

[sleepysera]

"When we constantly fill up all of our 'empty' time with stimulation in the form of electronic devices, games, and distractions, our brains become disengaged and the thinking process is effectively halted. We never get to hear our own inner voice--we don't develop a relationship with ourselves and our minds. We don't get to know who we are because we're not listening."

-Keri Smith, The Wander Society (2016)

[thepetrichorist]

[notallfay]

I think I'm too caught up with my art being "perfect" and, it's getting in the way of creating. I need to let go. I learned a lot from the first one I bought, so it's time for another go. And most importantly I had tones of fun creating.

This postcard is literally cut out from the back cover, I'm going to send it to a pen pal.

I'm going to post my journey here, I'll wreck the pages, then I will try and turn it into something. Because I've wrecked it based on the prompts it won't necessarily turn out good, but I'll have to think outside of my comfort zone. Then might learn something new, or get something cool. It might be a hot mess and I have got to be okay with that.

I'm not finishing my art, then getting stressed about it. So I think this should help.

But even if you are not a creative type, but neurodivergent or can have mental health struggles and this leads to wanting things to be perfect and you have trouble letting go. I HIGHLY recommend this. I did my first one during lockdown, and honestly the mental relief I got from this was amazing.

[ailaneth]

tie a string to the spine of this book. swing wildly let it hit the walls.

[cosmicmudd]

Getting creative today!! 🦊🎨💕

"All grown-ups were once children…but only a few of them remember it."

[originallandlockedmariner]

More Keri Smith Brilliance

Make a super rad Christmas message dispenser instead of sending boring cards this year :)

[isabelle-winters]

The perfect gift for maladaptive daydreamers

[convexly]

________ by keri Smith

[acceberv]

I’m thinking of getting some Keri Smith books like Wreck This Journal and This Is Not A Book. Kinda want to do a monster theme with them like Monster High, Pokemon, My Singing Monsters, Undertale and Deltarune.

[7thelaine]

soup in your inbox

I fed the soup to the journal

[ladytalon1]

Before and After.

[sleepysera]

"Who are we if we leave our community behind? Who are we without all of our stories? Without all of our stuff? Who would you be if you could begin again?"

-Keri Smith, The Wander Society (2016)