Notes

When we take notes for an academic class or for a meeting, it’s usually to help us recall what was discussed and to highlight important facts. It’s not something we hold on to dearly, for after the test or project, we discard the notes–forget about it as a sort of timestamp of the past.

But the notes we jot down for a book or a work of art have more meaning and importance to us. They were the blueprint for the creative work, the outpouring of our thoughts–a timestamp of our creative mind at work. We could look back at them months or years later and see how much we’ve grown, how much time and energy we put into what we created. They can be timeless for us, just as the paintings and books from the past still leave an impression on us today.

Even the though our notes might not be special to an outsider, they were instrumental in developing and fine-tuning the creative and intellectual abilities we have today.