Leaves on top of Grass

Walt's Notebook

Looking through his journal my first impression is that he focused more on getting out his ideas and thoughts and less about organization. A lot of his writing does not stay straight and the words collide into  each other. However, his handwriting is neat and cursive. There is also a lot of words and lines crossed out and replaced with other words and ideas. I especially like the drawings at the end of the notebook because they are relatively simple and rough but it is still very easy to see what he was intending to draw along with being able to see the different emotions present in the drawings that he made. 

After reviewing the notes about what the notebook is actually about I learned that I got some of the stuff I thought right. I noticed the library of congress stamp and new that it wasn't part of the original text. The drawings apparently were not done by Walt himself and he was known to have never drawn. This was something that I did not know before reviewing these notes. These drawings were of Walt and I was unsure of if they were actually of him or someone else during his time period before. I think it is interesting that Walt would have someone else draw and contribute to his personal journal of ideas. I personally would think that someone would like to be secretive and not let others change or edit there own book.