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My first response was that I was amazed at the space the actual writing took up. And from there, compared it to how I take up space on my own pages.

I can't remember if you are right- or left-handed. For some reason I thought of this, too.

Hee hee. I was noticing that, too . . . It was so strange to see it next to the typeface, in all its messy glory. :)

It's different for each notebook. Sometimes I just write a few words per page. Sometimes I write really small and fill up the space (but I can't sustain that for long. My writing is naturally big).

Right-handed.

Are you left-handed? For some reason, I'm thinking that you are . . . - K.

I like that it's different for each notebook for you. I will admit that my style is pretty conventional and that I generally write the same way in each of my notebooks, and I'm concerned usually with space--as in, I want to use all the space on the page as much as possible.

Yep--left-handed. Folklore says I am either a genius or sociopath--or both. Heehee!

It's not that I have no concern for space - actually, it's an awareness of space that leads me to use each notebook and page differently. The space is part of the process. Also, I have a very hard time shrinking my handwriting, or making it neater, or placing it on exact lines, or staying within the boundaries of the page . . . it's something to do with my neurological conditions. (Handwriting analysis is consistent with my neurological profile . . . interesting). Anyway, I see the notebooks as visual art as well as textual art. Probably something to do with my background in art history. - K.

Genius or sociopath, eh? How about both! (Ha!)

I also do alot of things to make up for paper consumption. I shop at bulk bins whenever possible, so I don't buy wasteful cardboard packaging. I recycle every scrap I possibly can. I don't buy processed, packaged foods if I can avoid them. I re-use paper bags until they fall apart. I limit my water consumption. I recycle clothes and other materials . . . I limit electricity usage (no air conditioning, little heat, turn off the lights, etc.) So I'm aware of waste as well as space, and I understand the desire to fill up every last square inch of paper - I just quite literally can't write small enough to do it, even when I don't just put a few words on a page.

Poetry often uses a very small amount of the page - and, of course, prose can do the same, when it's part of the process or form . . . I actually consider most of my writing to be in form . . . so that's another aspect of it.

And I often go back and scribble in more notes to myself. Like on the first image, the page to the right - I went back and added the question about what's happening mathematically - I have to leave room for that, or my notebooks would never function the way I want them to. - K.