Computers are great. But what I really love is the tactile pleasure of "real" writing -- you know, the kind that arrives like magic in a fine, steady line spun out by hand. The kind where there is no backspace, no void to swallow errors or to censor the first rush of meaning. For that, you need a great pen -- or, for the real purist, a pencil.
If you know what I mean, you'll love this blog: Pencil Revolution.
3 comments:
I'm sorry - I grew up writing on a typewriter; my fingers and wrists hurt if I try to write for very long with an implement - without the keyboard, I couldn't write at all.
Mal
How true. I love the pencils that you can't sharpen. Not sure what they're called, but they have the little clicker and the lead pops out. Although these days, after being at the computer, does my hand ever start hurting (quickly!) when writing longhand. Sad huh? ~ Lori
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the best part of pencils?????
erasers...and the smell.
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