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Guardian spirits

February 2, 2017

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I like the idea of starting new notebooks by stationing guardian spirits inside the front cover, to watch over things. For my latest notebook, I went with Emily Dickinson:

In this short Life that only lasts an hour
How much – how little – is within our power

Here’s the original, from the fantastic book, The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems:

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Filed Under: Notes on writing and drawing Tagged: emily dickinson, guardian spirits, notebooks, POETRY

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