Monday, October 29, 2007

I madden at the thought

subject: writing / technology
style: rant
source: Corinne's graduation

"Perfection is authenticity through imperfection."

A boy of my acquaintance has, on two distinctive occasions, claimed that the pen-and-paper method of writing is primitive and inutile, and that it ought soon to become obsolete. As soon as he gets a laptop, he says, he will type up everything. Honestly, I madden at the thought. The pen is a close friend of mine, and paper is my buddy. I know *some people* agree with me too. Some remarkably smart people, at that.

On paper, I can "just let my emotions flow out... I find it easier to open up when I write by hand." (For the quote, I have referred back to my style and rhetoric paper -- humbly a seven.) Seriously, when I have the impression I am writing these phrases, putting the words together, forming and connecting the letters, all by myself, it is much more refreshing than enlisting the aid of a generic, impersonal computer box and its universal typeface. Yes, my handwriting is far more sumptuous and easier on the eyes. Not to mention the fact that, in my case, every minute I use the computer I am being pressured by a particularly atrocious, agitating timer. Blech.

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