“Tao-thinks” Blog

A collector’s musings on stationery, creativity, and peace of mind...

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” - Leo Tolstoy

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Testing my boundaries with Lihaopaper

Testing my boundaries with Lihaopaper

Walking your own creative path—deciding when to try deco materials that stretch your style in new directions, as well as sticking with those that feel affirmingly familiar, comfortable, and resonant.

Testing my boundaries with Lihaopaper

Walking your own creative path—deciding when to try deco materials that stretch your style in new directions, as well as sticking with those that feel affirmingly familiar, comfortable, and resonant.

Spring Equinox: aligning with the season

Spring Equinox: aligning with the season

With the arrival of spring, nature's revitalizing impulses are stirring within us, inviting us to renew goals and pursue dreams with fresh energy, vision, hope, and creativity.

Spring Equinox: aligning with the season

With the arrival of spring, nature's revitalizing impulses are stirring within us, inviting us to renew goals and pursue dreams with fresh energy, vision, hope, and creativity.

Spring into Collage with Ha7uu Studio

Spring into Collage with Ha7uu Studio

Discover Ha7uu's bold, beautiful, poetic collage art. Sumptuous new arrivals interlace fun shapes and bold blocking with gentle messages and airy imagery to uplift the spirit and ignite imagination. 

Spring into Collage with Ha7uu Studio

Discover Ha7uu's bold, beautiful, poetic collage art. Sumptuous new arrivals interlace fun shapes and bold blocking with gentle messages and airy imagery to uplift the spirit and ignite imagination. 

Journey with Traveling on Paper

Journey with Traveling on Paper

TOP Studio's Journey collection comes to a soft conclusion with Vol. 3: {last chapter} and {soft ending}.

Journey with Traveling on Paper

TOP Studio's Journey collection comes to a soft conclusion with Vol. 3: {last chapter} and {soft ending}.

Empty page syndrome: letting imagery speak when words won't come

Empty page syndrome: letting imagery speak when...

Explore the interplay of words and imagery: In your journaling, does leaving blank space in a spread make you feel incomplete, or open-ended and spacious? 

Empty page syndrome: letting imagery speak when...

Explore the interplay of words and imagery: In your journaling, does leaving blank space in a spread make you feel incomplete, or open-ended and spacious? 

Happy Lunar New Year

Happy Lunar New Year

Year of the horse brings vitality and transformation, fostering a faster pace and challenging us to take decisive, bold yet balanced action, fueled by our innate passion and wisdom.

Happy Lunar New Year

Year of the horse brings vitality and transformation, fostering a faster pace and challenging us to take decisive, bold yet balanced action, fueled by our innate passion and wisdom.

  • SPRING STATIONERY CHALLENGE

    Journal prompts to ponder:

    1. As spring blossoms, how can I grow and nurture my journaling practice?
    2. What aspects of myself are emerging or wanting to grow stronger this year?
  • A TRIP TO THE ARCHIVES

    What wonderful stationery do I have tucked away that could use a "play date" with my journal?