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Blogging in Black Post – Musings of a Hand Writer
Why have some of us gone away from writing by hand? For me, there is something gratifying about allowing my hands to touch the paper. Through handwriting, I find I develop more patience. My thoughts are crisper and more well thought out. I have to really consider what I am going to write, lest the entire page be ruined, because deleting isn’t as easy as pressing a button.
I also feel that some of our spirit goes into putting pen to paper. And when the reader gets something handwritten, there is a transference of energy that is felt, although not physically detectable.
I can only imagine what it must have been like many moons ago to write an entire novel by hand. So many of us take for granted how much writers really love writing. Would we love it as much if we had to hand write a 300 page novel? Would we have the staying power and the will power to get through it? Or would we fall back on what’s easy, because the love of writing isn’t so strong that we would desire to spend so much time on it? Or would we excuse the possibility of testing our love for writing by saying, what’s the point? If we can get it done faster, then why not? No, I don’t have the answers. And on some level, maybe I feel it isn’t necessary to take the time to hand write a novel. But, what if I did? What if I wanted to test my loyalty to writing? Could I get through it? Would I get through it?
I hand write as much as I can in my journals. It is not enough though. I definitely feel connected to writing in a different way when I hand write. But this antiquating art form will soon go the way of an interesting anthropological discovery of an event in time that died quickly. What will people of the future say about hand writers? Will their curiosity ever get the better of them to the point where they’ll try it? Or will it be scoffed at as ancient and primitive, the methodology of a people who were not advanced enough to understand how little value there was in continuing to hand write once the technology was discovered to speed the process of expressing ideas.
Well, I enjoy what might one day be considered primitive. There is a soul connection in it–something that keeps me grounded to this world, while still allowing me to explore the cosmos. As I’ve written, I’ve learned patience and have better clarity around my ideas. Slow deliberate writing does not rush me along without consideration. It allows me to develop not only my writing, but me. For me, there is nothing like it. Let us hope my patience lasts.
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