Wreck this Journal 1.

I thought I'd start off doing something relatively simple, so I've just scribbled on the title page. If you're interested, the writing says:

Once upon a time, there was a girl

who liked to keep things neat.

She hated turned-down corners in books,

and messy smudges on pages,

and stains on clothes or furniture.

Her books stayed pristine

(though her favourites were a little worn

from extensive rereading).

Her journal was a little scruffy

but only in the way

that most teenage girls’ journals are.

Then one day, she bought a book.

This book asked to be ruined.

It wanted to be dropped, painted on, and torn.

She was shocked that somebody

would create a book like that,

but decided to have a go at one or two pages.

She never looked back.

The journal quickly ceased to be neat

and she began to appreciate

that sometimes,

mess is beautiful.

(She is still very particular about her books.

Some things will never change.)

This wasn't too hard to do. I quite enjoyed writing over the printed bits, and the painting was relatively simple. It also looks quite neat, which I'm secretly pleased about (I don't really want messy. Maybe nice messy, artistic messy, but no horrible messy.)