For years, I took notes in legal pads. I converted the legal pads into digital notebooks. From the legal pads, I went to small spiral notebooks at work and Post-it notes at home. I grew tired of the spiral notebooks. I adopted the Post-it notes, which could be stacked and stuck anywhere and everywhere. When the pile became large enough or the cabinets no longer visible, I inputted the ideas into more digital notebooks. I eventually left the Post-it notes and began taking notes on my phone, using the notes app and emailing myself thoughts. These were all inputted into documents. Over the past year, I have taken to writing ideas on note cards. I still use the computer for food-centric thoughts. But on the creative thought process, I have enjoyed dashing off ideas on the cards and stacking them in a corner. Finally, I began looking at the cards and highlighting key words. The ideas with the key words were put into piles. I am seeing patterns of words, of language, of thoughts. I still have a fair number of cards to sort, but the process is creating its own shape. Once the piles are formed, I wonder what other ideas will emerge?
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