Stained Steel Sparrow Fists – Baby Fright

Posted on May 20, 2008 by renarossner

A journal to be filled with whatever you remember of your first fear in life. It could be a bad dream you had when you were two, that time the car caught on fire when you were three and your mom couldn’t get the car-seat to unbuckle, the snowstorm that everyone else said was so pretty but made you feel like you were suffocating, the swimming lesson you took way too early in life, your first bite into an ice cube. The only criterion is that it be your first memory of fear. But “fear” can be interpreted however you want. Drawings, stories, collages, what-have-you.

– Will

This journal went to its first moocher and then? I am attempting to recover it.

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The Ultimate Shopping List

Posted on May 20, 2008 by renarossner

Oh, my! The fridge is empty! The cupboards are bare! The wardrobes are wanting and the linens are worn!

Hey, we all need things from time to time, right? So here’s the deal – we’re making the ultimate shopping list. The rules are simple – add an item to the list, give that item an illustration, then send the journal on its way within two weeks.

That’s it! So have fun! Stay safe! Stay sane! And don’t forget – you’re out of toilet paper.

– Em

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Little of Nothing

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

This is a pass along journal for the members of BookMooch.com. With this journal you will find some paper clippings and some other items. Your challenge is to use at least 5 different items (that came with the book) in your art. Try to be creative, you may alter the clippings in anyway that you wish, the goal here is to make some great art with a little of nothing. Before passing along the journal please add 5 (or however many of the items you used) items back to the bag so there is always enough items being passed along with the journal. If anybody wants to tackle the cover I don’t mind if it is altered.

When completed please contact me, BM ID: mspeegle

– Melissa

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This journal has been kept by an inactive and unresponsive Bookmoocher.

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The Tiny Book of Triangles

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

Here’s a different angle on a book; it’s a triangle. This tiny book is in the shape of a triangle. This is an altered book filled with partial images and words. Feel free to incorporate them into your art or cover them up. Be creative. Think outside the box. Use a few pages or a lot. Draw, paint, collage, stamp, color. Text is okay, too. There is no theme, but please include a triangle in your art.

Please only keep the journal for 2 weeks before you pass it to another BookMoocher. Please do not destroy, change, or remove someone else’s work.

After you are done adding your art, please put the journal back into this same page I’ve created for it here at BookMooch so someone else can mooch it and add to it. When it is full, please contact me via email to arrange for the journey home.

– aliciaed

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Potraits of Humanity

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

Pretty simple, straight-forward theme. I want to fill this fabulous journal (with a drawing of Michaelangelo’s David on the cover) to be filled with portraits of people. Sketches, paintings, photographs, even written word – I don’t care how it’s done, but I want to capture a piece of a person’s soul on every page!

Do as many people, take as many pages, as you need.

– Suzi (k00kaburra)

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Cataclysmic Disasters

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

Gather together a group of people and in time you’ll have a civilization. Every civilization is subject to the rise and fall of power and history. Every civilization must, at some point, meet with calamity and either muddle through or disintegrate. Some of these momentous events are natural: earthquakes, floods, drought. Others are brought about by human hands: war, famine, fire, disease. Loss of life can be great – those killed by a May 2008 earthquake in China are expected to exceed 50,000 – or a single person.

So. Pick a disaster. Any one will do – you’ve got plenty of options from history – and tell us about it. Who, what, when, where, why, how. Reach into antiquity and report on the Fall of Troy. Perhaps you want to do something more modern, like the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. Treat this as a way to introduce history to someone who has never heard of the event before. Also, tell us why you chose that particular story to tell.

– Suzi (k00kaburra)

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Architectural Majesty

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures. It is the creation of our habitat, our businesses, our homes. It is also an art, and every architect an artist. This journal is a celebration of that artist.

What’s your favorite building? Do you like stretching skyscrapers or crumbling castles? Colonnade or promenade? Are you blown away by the New York City skyline or the pyramids at Giza? What’s your favored architectural style? Tudor or Edwardian? Perhaps Gothic?

Whether you’ve always wanted to play architect or simply admire the work of others, this journal welcomes you!

– Suzi (k00kaburra)

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Dreams of Fire and Falling

Posted on May 19, 2008 by renarossner

Art and poetry inspired by unexplained events. You have 2 weeks to complete your artistic renderings, then please relist on bookmooch under MENEBMDFF2008, so the next person can have a turn. Mene Tekel, an adult, college student , can be reached at Fireserphent at Gmail. This journal has been listed on BM under his mother’s account because she loves him and encourages the artist in him. 8izenuff or azmom875 on Bookmooch. Made from an altered travel journal from hallmark. Feel free to use the maps as well.

– Mene

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Clément Aplati

Posted on May 18, 2008 by bookmoochjournals

Dans le livre Clément Aplati, écrit par Jeff Brown, Clément est aplati par un babillard qui lui est tombé dessus. L’un des avantages à cette situation est que Clément Aplati peut maintenant visiter ses amis en voyageant dans une enveloppe.

J’ai fabriqué mon propre Clément Aplati en carton et pendant quelques jours, j’aimerais que vous écriviez un journal avec lui. Ensuite, Clément Aplati et le journal sont envoyés dans une autre maison où les gens de cet endroit accueillent Clément Aplati comme un invité et complètent le journal. Lorsque le journal est complet, j’aimerais que Clément Aplati et le journal rentrent chez-moi.

J’aimerais que Clément Aplati revienne de sa visite avec une épinglette, une carte postale ou une photo de lui dans un endroit qu’il a visité avec son hôte.
J’ai hâte de voir ce que Clément rapportera de son voyage et j’espère que vous en prendrez bien soin.

Bien à vous,

Joëlle

In the book Clement Aplati (Flat Stanley), written by Jeff Brown, Clément is flattened by a bulletin board which fell over him. One of the advantages to this situation is that Clément Aplati can now visit his friends while travelling in an envelope.

I made my own Clément Aplati out of cardboard and during a few days, I would like that you write in his journal with him. Then, Clement Aplati and the journal are sent to another house where people of this place accommodate Clément Aplati like a guest and continue the journal. When the journal is complete, I would like for Clément Aplati and the journal to return home.

I would like that Clément Aplati returns from his visit with a pin, a postcard or a photograph of him in a place he visited with his host. I am eager to see what Clément will report of his voyage and I hope that you will take good care of him.

Yours sincerely,

Joelle

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Summer Is…

Posted on May 17, 2008 by bookmoochjournals

This is a journal for everything and anything summer related. Whether it’s summer memories, summer recipes, summer anticipations or summer collages, it belongs here.

Please do not take any longer than 2 weeks with the journal. There is no limit to the number of pages you can use, but please do not take advantage of that. And, since kids are going to be looking at this, I want it to be PG- rated.

When the journal is finished, please contact bm userid: software, my name is Zee and I love summer!

-Zee

This journal has been kept by an inactive and unresponsive Bookmoocher.

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