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    "title": "Moleskine: Joe Lavin Skewers the Cult of the Black Book",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2006/08/16/moleskine-joe-lavin-skewers-the-cult-of-the-black-book/",
    "datePublished": "2006-08-16",
    "dateModified": "2022-04-22",
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    "author": "spierzchala",
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# Moleskine: Joe Lavin Skewers the Cult of the Black Book

I have this search set up to deliver the things that Google's Blogsearch finds out in the blogosphere containing Moleskine in it. Sometimes, it delivers some real gems, like Joe Lavin's [The Condensed Guide to Looking Like a Writer](http://www.joelavin.com/moleskine2.html) (found via [Professor Barnhardt's Journal](http://professorbarnhardtsjournal.blogspot.com/2006/08/condensed-guide-to-looking-like-writer.html)).

The take-away quote from this article?

> At the very least, costing $15 a pop, the Moleskine can certainly put the "starving" back into starving artist.

Read it. It's a reminder that having the tools doesn't make the owner an artist.