Lara Gastinger

Lara Call Gastinger (Col ’98 CM) will publish her book, A Perpetual Journal Practice, with Timber Press on June 23, 2026. The book guides readers through the transformative practice of the perpetual journal—a forgiving, incremental, long-term approach to connecting with the natural world through drawing. This book will feature the philosophy behind the perpetual journal, introductory techniques, and the 52 spreads from Gastinger’s own perpetual journal. Some of Gastinger’s first botanical sketches were in the gardens at UVA. Gastinger will give a book talk at the CODE Building in Charlottesville on June 27.