Intro Note: Welcome to Freshman Year of Taking Notes
Class is in session, syllabus below:
This is Taking Notes, a newsletter for anyone who enjoys peeking behind the scenes of a creative with a restless mind. If you love a list, a moodboard, a bit of inspiration, creative process insights, or just the occasional half-finished thought; you’ve found your homeroom. And btw I’m a student, not the teacher.
Taking Notes is where I go to process, collect, and take notes on the school of life: part creative, some curiosity, and a lot of lessons I’m still learning. Grab your coffee, class is about to start and I’ve saved you a seat.
What to expect:
Delivered directly to your inbox. Each post will kick off with a note to self, a reflection, quote, lesson learned, etc. These newsletters will focus around a variety of topics under these rotating columns:
Show & Tell: A moodboard typically shared at the start of each quarter to set the tone and get inspired for the weeks ahead.
Social Studies: A casual research paper on a trend or a creative deep dive into someone or something cool; an artist, idea, or cultural moment worth studying.
Field Trip: Sometimes we need to get out and explore. These posts will feature places I’m dreaming about visiting; creative detours, real-world inspiration, and visual documentation from outside the usual desk space. Permission slip granted.
Color Study: A visual exploration inspired by my favorite hue of the moment.
Lost & Found: Something from the archive; reflecting back on a project, a photo, or an old journal entry from my past self.
Life Lessons : A personal reflection column for all the things you can’t learn in school. These are real-life takeaways from mistakes, growth moments, patterns, or just quiet realizations. Less preachy, more "here’s what happened and what it taught me."
The Uniform: I’ve really been wanting to style outfits with what I have in my closet, here and on YouTube to be honest, so I thought this could be a fun place to start exploring that idea. I am terrible at putting outfits together so this is more for me to get out of my comfort zone.
Art Class: Sharing my own creative explorations, photography, design, paintings, and more. Anything I’m working on creatively will be shared here. From concept to mood boards to final output, this is where I’ll post those projects.
R.E.P.O.R.T. Card: A reflection on what I’m reading, eating, playing, obsessing over, recommending, trying out. This will always be shared the last week of each month.