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on writing, writers, and reading.
The Typography Grid. Digital curation by marginalia & co. via Pinterest, 2026. Words. The weight of words.
Their meaning. Their hidden meaning.
on writing, writers, and reading.
Words can mean one thing and yet fill volumes with meanings that remain undiscovered by many readers. But if you search, you can uncover layers of meanings
There is a book—an amazing piece of speculative fiction called Babel by R.F. Kuang that is a must-read for those interested in this sort of thing.
It is dark academia, hidden meanings, language, identity, empire, literature, and society—it wraps itself around all of it. A literary epic achievement that begins in the throes of cholera in China, and the tale winds its way into the halls of Oxford University’s Royal Institute of Translation.
Words are powerful and they are tools – but not only to be used by publishing authors.
Words find their way when there’s a page waiting for them. And every thinking pen deserves its journal.
I seriously feel that everyone should have a journal. At least one.
You don’t need to be a writer to need a journal. It isn’t an amazing tool just for those who write books. Journals are for everyone. There are a million ways to enjoy having your own personal journal.
From filling its pages as a personal diary to jotting down all sorts of recipes, from expressing what can’t be said on its lines to working out one’s issues, or elaborating on creative ideas and writing about dreams, these journals are the perfect choice. High-end art and a high-quality notebook.
Portrait of Lilli Elbe with a fan by Gerde Wegener. available here Use code SUMMERJOURNAL at checkout for 20% off—through June!And for your next read? Babel…. It’s more than just a summer read…
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a beginning, et alia.
“Every pen that thinks seeks its space to creatively jot all things anti-mainstream.” – Sosanni
Welcome to marginalia & co. …
In case you were wondering…marginalia & co. was not created with the intention of building a new ‘culture’ website that reflects trends.
Actually, I was not seeking to create a new website or newsletter at all; I wanted to create a cultural
‘blueprint’fingerprint on the web—a venue of sorts—that reflects a culture maven perspective that many of us share.Every pen that thinks seeks its space to creatively jot all things anti-mainstream. – Sosanni
What do I mean by anti-mainstream?
In today’s society, anything that isn’t herd-speak can be classified in a wink as anti-mainstream—regardless of how rational or irrational the points being made by the ‘outsiders’ are.
When I say mainstream and society, I am using the grand-scale words, although I am limiting them to very specific aspects.
- One, my definition of ‘mainstream‘ solely focuses on the role and presence of ‘culture’ in society, because that ‘mirrors’ and defines what mainstream ‘is’ culturally.
- And by my use of the word ‘society,’ I am zeroing in on that horrific, memed mindset that seems to be overtaking the majority and that blind insistence on being a part of the mediocrity of a herd that has chosen to ‘evolve’ without thinking.
That being said, in case you are wondering, this site is totally inclusive. We are all one, regardless of our choices and beliefs—and culture is our common legacy as a society—a legacy that will soon be lost to oblivion for a myriad of reasons.
Okay. So…Welcome to marginalia & co..
I am Sosanni, the person to blame for this project, and what you read above is as serious as my journal entries get. (We all have our moments.)
Speaking of moments, I have quite a few to share because I am about to fill a few entries in my journals with a few thoughts…needing to air them out, like laundry. Yes, journals—it wasn’t a typo. I am obsessed with journals. I keep many. Seven, actually, if you include my sketchbook. I have them separated by topic.
NO, I am not neurotic—lol, my keeping a series of journals is the only organized aspect of my atelier…and it keeps my ‘thoughts’ in order because I am all over the place creatively.
More on my dossiers in another entry…
BTW…Never judge anyone by their journal entries or their online search history…if you had any idea what writers jot in their journals or need to search for their work, you would rethink all that you thought of creatives and especially writers, but we’re not as weird as we might appear. 🙃 😉
