scribbled secret notebooks
This belongs to "kinko88".
This is my first tattoo, done by Matt at Evolved in Columbus, OH. The quote is from Jack Kerouac; it's his first on a list of thirty tips for "spontaneous prose" (what he called his own writing style). I chose this quote because I've been fascinated by the Beat Generation--their literature, poems, the relationships between different members of the circle, ideas in general--since I first read On the Road
and "Howl" in high school. I write poetry and stories casually (using an old typewriter of course!), and am always jotting down little phrases that come to my head, so I thought this quote was especially appropriate. And no, the "yr" is not a typo, it's how Kerouac wrote it.
"scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy"
- Jack Kerouac
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