Graphite on Pulp
You know that sound pencil makes when it's moving rapidly across paper? That rough, scratching sound? I love that sound. It's the sound of thoughts and ideas. It's why I keep a box of sharpened pencils in my desk and use them to write in my journal. I like hearing what my brain is thinking. (I also use them to keep my address book updated.)I buy pencils in art museum gift shops, they usually sell interesting ones. It's one of the few places I see pencils that aren't school-bus yellow or Jr. High-glitter. And I got a nice box of them from an Xpedx paper show vendor a few years back, pretty matte shades of blues and browns. I keep my eye out for neat pencils. But kinda sad they've become an artist's tool, curiosity and gift shop item. Such a wonderful sound.
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It makes you hate pencils, graphite, paper, chalk, ink...basically anything that creates an image.
However, after time, that wears off. You begin to miss it. You miss the daily creative outlet. In a career, you seldom have the opportunity to explore random thoughts.
Unfortunately, I think it's too late. I'm afraid that too many rushed college philosophy papers have left my right hand crippled in its use of a pencil or pen. Writing more than a sentence is painful and sloppy. I miss my old, straight, legible writing.
Fortunately, typing is far more accessible for most tasks, but I admit to missing scribbling a note on heavy weight, thickly grained paper. I don't think I'll ever be able to write a full page of text or delicately draw for hours again. Sure, my hand functions as it should most of the time, but something in the nerves of my hand--holding a pencil or pen is excruciating.
Sorry to hear of your hand troubles. I wonder how long until touch sensor keyboards become the norm?
I wondered if typing stimulated more thought because it uses both hands and therefore both sides of the brain. But in college I always preferred rough drafts on paper. Handwriting helps me think better, in my opinion. Although I do write with both my right and left hand. So who knows.
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