Adversaria 1

Ad`ver*sa"ri*a\, n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc. scripta)]  

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections;  

a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

"The deepest thing writing taught me 

was that there was nothing to hold on to. 

Thoughts moved quickly. 

As a writer, I worked hard to grasp them 

as they flooded through me, 

but thoughts moved faster than my hand. 

And thoughts changed. 

I made up reality as I went along. 

Nothing was frozen."

Natalie Goldberg
Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America (31)