# Lynda Barry journal method ![[Lynda Barry four-square journal.png]] She explains in this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hiY7mU_07Y&list=PLFllVdBEQA4qe2iwHw3BmP6Y_x-Nl4MQt&index=2). She says, "If you do it everyday, you'll start to notice what it is you notice." Related to this, Austin Kleon recommends doing a sundown reflection on the day: what you did, what you can forgive yourself for, and what you'd like to do tomorrow, then forget about it.[^1] This is not much different from the [[Examen]]. Ben Snakepit makes a three-panel comic each day based on what he did that day.[^2] Maybe instead of the drawing aspect of Lynda Barry's method, I can write a little song or poem each day. Maybe I can make a collage of pictures from that day. It's quick and easy to do, which makes it easier to build into a habit. (The thing I didn't like about Julia Cameron's [[Morning pages]] is how tedious it was.) It fits all writing styles and mediums. I like how it can suit me as a songwriter. It generates authentic ideas because it draws from things that actually happened to you. This is an exercise in [[How to find your voice and why]] and even write in writer's block.[^3] Somewhere Anna Tivel has talked about how John Prine taught her how to see. I want to learn more about her and John Prine's philosophy. More [[Lynda Barry writing exercises]]. [^1]: [[Keep Going]] pg. 32 [^2]: [[Creative, Not Famous—The Small Potato Manifesto]] pg. 52 [^3]: [How the Lynda Barry Four Square Method Can Help You Journal Everyday](https://writingcooperative.com/how-the-lynda-barry-four-square-method-can-help-you-journal-everyday-98146cc87e3c)