My creative process is my joy and my curse. A painful, protracted thing I never want to follow because it will never work again.

Notebook collecting is part of my process. I’m always looking for that cover, texture, illustration, binding, page that will be a magical shortcut to my highest creative moment. One that will eliminate all of my suffering and let me just skip to the end. Which has never once happened.

But what has happened as a result of all my experimentation is a lifelong love and obsession with paper. I hope it will inspire you to discover and bring some cool new shit into your life and process, too.

xo, leslie brindley
founder, palmer studio