Open topic for discussion:
I've recently started making a concerted effort to correspond by hand, first with dedicated "Thank You" notes, and now with occasional letters. This is not pen pal stuff, but (at the moment) items meant to reach people I care about and/or have known for a long time. I have coupled it with pens that are now fulfilling my long desire for pens I will have for the duration: nibs ground to my specs, or the gradual collection of pens that simply write like heaven.
What I am noticing, especially in letters of more than one page, is that the way my mind works is quite different - or needs to be - than when I am typing stuff. On the keyboard, I go in a manic flurry and then return and edit, sometimes for glitches, sometimes for content; with the written word, I am much, much slower. Part of this is that I am both left-handed (though, as an underwriter, I don't usually smear) as well as someone who doesn't have, in full flight, lovely penmanship. I slow down so that it is legible to the recipient.
And this slowness, this keeping a low pace and looking at what I'm writing (since it would be a mess to correct) is causing me to create letters, notes, and essays that differ in style from my faster modes. I'm not concerned, and in fact am intrigued, but I was wondering if anyone else would care to speak as to how their thoughts go down on paper, as differently from when they are keyboarding.
As a sidenote, this interesting article came to me on FB via a friend, and might be worth a look, too:
What's Lost as Handwriting Fades
Please share, as I'm interested to hear other viewpoints on this.
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