Well said. Handwriting is indeed a critical skill and paper has its place, as does slowing down, and most of all, thinking very cautiously about electronic intermediation (and all that that implies). Back when email was new to most people in the mid to late 90s, and then again with browsers in the late 90s and early 2000s, then the roll out of social media in 2000s, and then apps, and so on and so forth, it seems to me that most people blithely assumed— and most people still assume— that resistance to adopting the latest newflangled thing is nothing more than evidence of eccentricity, or more likely, being a crank / Luddite / mentally arthritic oldster. I recognize now that that assumption is dangerously naive.
Well said. Handwriting is indeed a critical skill and paper has its place, as does slowing down, and most of all, thinking very cautiously about electronic intermediation (and all that that implies). Back when email was new to most people in the mid to late 90s, and then again with browsers in the late 90s and early 2000s, then the roll out of social media in 2000s, and then apps, and so on and so forth, it seems to me that most people blithely assumed— and most people still assume— that resistance to adopting the latest newflangled thing is nothing more than evidence of eccentricity, or more likely, being a crank / Luddite / mentally arthritic oldster. I recognize now that that assumption is dangerously naive.
Sometimes I think the only reason I'm not often called a Luddite is because no one is aware they could use that term. More so than simple politeness.
I write notes all the time with a fountain pen and I usually write in moleskin notebook.
The Moleskins I had to keep alive with gorilla tape and glue. The Leuchtturms are bullet proof and last forever. But they are both quality notebooks.
I'm going to look those up.
Highly recommend Moleskines. Also, my personal fave: Blackwing pencils.
Those are nice pencils. I'll have to get some of those. If you happen to be looking for a nice pen, I recommend Retro51.
I'll check those out. I like writing in pencil as well.