What was Whitman's favorite cereal? O Captain! My Cap'n Crunch!

     One initial thing that I noticed is that the notebook is very irregular and wild. The writing is everywhere and messy. It instantly reminded me of a 'fact' that I heard a while back ago about how intelligent people think fast. Therefore their handwriting is messy, because their hands can't keep up with their thoughts. That fact might be a lie, but I think it applies perfectly to Whitman. He was a creative genius. He's such a genius that I can't understand much of what he's written. Aside form that, one thing that I noticed that I thought was significant is how many times Whitman has crossed out  his own writing. To me that signifies that he's always looking to improve. Also that Whitman might be a little too judgmental on himself. He never thinks his work is good enough, so he always wants to improve. That's why he consistently goes back and rewords things. 
     As for the images, I like them. The seem like cartoon images of Whitman, especially the second one. To me, I think it's just Whitman poking fun at himself. The sketches are something fun for his own personal entertainment. The last one definitely intrigues me, because it's so much different than the rest of them. It kind of looks like a skull with a heart shaped body doing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ with his arms. Maybe it's Whitman's way of saying that love and death are intertwined and humanity just has to deal with it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. 
     Looking through the notes, not only do I feel stupid, but I also feel inattentive. Throughout the book, Whitman writes a large commentary on many things: from religion to Lincoln. I think this reveals that Whitman wants to write a message to the future generations. He wants them to know about the past in a way that history books cannot teach. He wants them to feel the emotions those in the past did and hopefully learn from them.