This document excerpts journals of eight artists, as they observe and comment on events in their daily lives. Seemingly mundane moments become aesthetic experiences through their eyes, and rare glimpses are afforded of approaches to learning, teaching, and preliminaries to studio work. The artists included are: (1) Amidon Perfond (edited by Kenneth Beittel of Pennsylvania State University); (2) Steve McGuire (University of Iowa); (3) Priscilla Fenton (University of Iowa); (4) Christine Thompson (University of Iowa); (5) Robert Troxell (Washburn University); (6) Andrew Svedlow (Pennsylvania State University); (7) Scott Meyer (Pennsylvania State University); and (8) Marilyn Zurmuehlen (University of Iowa). (DQE)