Reconnecting with My Fountain Pen
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Sat, July 31st, 2010 - Author
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August 1st, 2010 at 4:36 pm
How lovely to read your handwriting in that nice black ink, Yang-May. Sadly I had a difficult relationship with pen and ink, largely due to being a cack-handed leftie. I was only too pleased to find a quicker way of getting my thoughts down than struggling with nibs, blots and smudges. But yes, it is lovely to have a hand-written letter in the post. I have letters from 10 years ago that I’ve preserved - not many emails or texts can be that precious.
August 1st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Hi Anna - I imagine it must be a pain being a leftie, having to write with your arm contorted etc to avoid smudging the ink!
I know what you mean about having letters - they just seem worth preserving by dint of being physical objects with traces of the writer left behind whereas it’s just not the same with texts and emails…
August 4th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Ah, I can totally relate to all this! I’ve also kept letters and cards from 10 years ago… and although there’s something great about emails and the fact that we can have a much more complete record of our communication now (maybe you can’t tie a red ribbon around your emails but you can keep them forever), I do really miss receiving real proper old fashioned mail.
Also, I don’t know… it must have been a pain to handwrite whole books and long documents but even now if I really need to take quick notes about something I prefer doing it on paper. I might be imagining it but it feels like my thoughts flow better if I’m not staring at the screen…