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Pen & Paper & Proust: Volume Two with Dawn DeVries Sokol
Welcome to this month’s Pen & Paper: Living Between the Lines written by the amazing Hope Wallace Karney. To learn more about Hope and the column, please check out the announcement post!
Pen & Paper & Proust: Volume Two with Dawn DeVries Sokol
I thought it would be fun to interview a journaler periodically with my own version of the Proust Questionnaire (similar to what you see in Vanity Fair), with questions I came up with that are geared towards Pen & Paper subject matter (with some others mixed in). I have dubbed it Pen & Paper & Proust.
This volume’s subject is Dawn DeVries Sokol, who you can read more about on her website, d’blogala.
Dawn is an author, book designer, lettering illustrator and an avid art journaler. Her first book, 1000 Artist Journal Pages: Personal Pages and Inspiration is one of my personal favorites, see it, along with her other books (Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Girls and Doodle Diary: Art Journaling for Boys coming soon) on her Amazon page.
Pen & Paper & Proust Volume Two: Dawn DeVries Sokol
What age did you start keeping a journal?
I kept diaries from the age of about 11, but they weren’t consistent. I grew bored of them quickly. I didn’t realize at the time that it was because I was just WRITING in them!
Whose diary/journal (dead or alive) would you like to read?
Hmm…that’s a toughie. I think as long as they led or are leading an interesting, artful life: anyone’s!
Who have you suspected of reading your diary?
I never really suspected anyone when I was keeping secretive diaries. And now, pretty much anyone can read my journals as I post pages from them on my blog all the time.
What is your idea of the perfect journal?
A perfect journal for me to work in is one that I feel is right for me at that moment. That said, I have many different journals I’m working in right now!
Which words or phrases do you most overuse (in speech and/or writing)?
Um, yummy, you rock, awesome.
What quote most speaks to you?
There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way. — AJ Muste
Who (or what) inspires you?
I’m inspired mostly by lettering artists such as Mike Perry, Inkymole, Carolyn Sewell, and Linzie Hunter, and artists such as Flora Bowley, Lizzy House, Alisa Burke, and Orly Avineri.
Who is your favourite fictional character?
It’s a toss-up between Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, and a grouping of characters from books I read as a kid, such as Judy Blume’s characters. I like STRONG female characters who don’t take crap from anyone!
Who are your favourite writers?
Hard to pinpoint.
Which natural talent would you most like to be gifted with?
Drawing realistically.
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Thank you Dawn, it was great getting a peek into your creative mind, what fun answers and what inspiring journal pages!
images: dawn devries sokol
Related "ripples" you might enjoy:
- Pen & Paper & Proust: Volume One with Samara O’Shea
- Pen & Paper & Proust: Volume Three with Pam Garrison
- Pen & Paper: 13 Books for Journaling Inspiration
- Pen & Paper: The Power of Quotes
- Pen & Paper: Overcoming Your Journaling Fears
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