Close your eyes for long enough and the mountains move in.

On this mountain journal, a woman's face in profile and a forested peak are one and the same figure, printed on both covers. Between them sit 140 dotted pages for poems, notes and the thoughts that turn up on a quiet evening.

Where the profile ends and the forest begins

She faces right, eyes closed, her expression calm, rendered in a pale gray-blue. The crown of her head rises into a mountain peak streaked with snow, and where you would expect hair, fine bare tree branches spread across her head.

Lower down, her neck and shoulders turn into a steep hillside of dark conifers, moss and roots, so the figure seems to grow straight out of the ground. Misty slopes of pine forest fill the space behind her, with snow-dusted gray ridges to the left and right and a soft round disc of light in a cloudy sky.

One line of thin serif capitals in dark charcoal, widely spaced, crosses the top: “Wilderness Within”. The picture covers the front from edge to edge and is printed a second time, the same way round, on the back cover. Grays, blue-gray and deep forest green carry the whole scene, with no bright color anywhere.

What you hold when you pick it up

• Dots on all 140 pages: a light guide for level lines of writing that does not box in a drawing
• A metal wire-o binding keeps the pages together
• A soft-touch coating on both covers keeps them from feeling slick
• Cover weight is 352 g/m² (10.38 oz/yd²) and page weight is 89 g/m² (2.62 oz/yd²)
• It measures 5.5″ × 8.5″ (14 × 21.6 cm), tall rather than wide

Who it's for

People who write poems, keep a journal or simply like a picture that rewards a second look. Use it for drafts, for a few honest lines at the end of the day, or for sketches of the hills outside the window. It suits a writer's birthday, the first evening of a poetry class, or a holiday gift for the friend who always has a pen in a pocket.

Quick answers

How are the pages ruled?

With dots only, from the first page to the last. There are no headings, boxes or prompts, which leaves you free to set out stanzas, date an entry or draw across a whole spread.

Is the cover a photograph or a drawing?

It has the look of a double-exposure photograph, where two pictures are laid over each other: here a portrait and a mountain landscape. Up close you can find a faint swirl of mist on her cheek.

Where does the spiral sit?

Down the long left side as you face the front cover, in black, so the notebook turns like a book in portrait format.

Which words are printed on the cover?

The design name, in one line of thin capitals across the top, with the rest of the cover given to the picture. The pages inside carry dots and nothing else.

Shipping and returns

Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.

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