I've got little black book...

Segue a história, em inglês, do meu novo livro de apontamentos. Algo de precioso, agora que se avizinha uma semana em Marrocos.

The history of a legendary notebook

lt is two centuries now that moleskine has, been the legendary notebook of European artists and intellectuals, from Van Gogh to Henri Matisse, from lhe exponents of the historical avant-garde movements to Ernest Hemingway. Many are the sketches and notes, ideas and emotions that have been jotted down and harboured in this trustworthy pocket-size travel companion before being turned into famous pictures or the pages of beloved books.
This long-standing tradition was continued by writertraveller Bruce Chatwin who used to buy his moleskines at a Paris stationery shop in Rue de l'Ancienne Comédie where he would always stock, up before embarking on one of his journeys. Over the years he had developed a veritabie ritual. Belore using them he would in fact number the pages, writing on the inside his name and at least two addresses across the world, and a message promising a reward for anyone finding and returning the notebook in case of it being lost.
He even suggested this method to his friend Luis Sepúlveda, when he gave him a precious moleskine as a present for a journey they were planning to undertake, together in Patagonia. And there was no doubt as to how precious it was, given that at the time even lhe last moleskine manufacturer, a small family-run firm of Tours, had discontinued production in 1986. 'Le vrai moleskine n'est plus' was the short and curt statement of the owner of lhe stationery shop where Chatwin had ordered one hundred before leaving for Australia. Despite having literally swept up all the moleskines he could find, they were not enough.
Now, the moleskine is back again. This silent and discreet keeper of an extraordinary tradition which has been missing for years has set out again on its journey.A witness to contemporary nomadism, it can once again, pass from one pocker to another to continue lhe adventure.
The sequel still waits to be written and its blank pages are ready to tell the story.

MOLESKINE ®