Handwritten

Posted on | September 26, 2006 | 5 Comments

Pen to paper, so they say. What is this scrawl lost amung the New Times Roman and Ariel. Who thought that univeraal fonts were a good idea. Give me the flow of aching elbow and splotchy pen. I taken better, more thorough notes on my laptop but they lose their organic nature in this medium. Iv’e even forgotten what my signature looks lkike. And this, for the sake of natural archives, will be perverted into some kind of digital text for all the world to see. But I write in purple, unaided dia a pen choice not a font color. I want my own script to be a part of the digital realm, something that remains as much of an image as the cover of a book. But look – see the waver in these words? My arm grows tired, my writst aches. Why? A keyboard and a monitor gouge you the beauty of my handwritten freedom. I thought others mad for denying the ease of use with a computer,  but handwritten text allows the mind to breathe, if just for a moment. To hell with the poor spelling  and horrific grammar, it’s the natural recourse for a true writer. So I Shall go home, ignore my laptop and take my pen in had so I can remind my body what it really feels like to write, free of cords, digital imagery and power loss.  I am free with pen in hand.

I wrote that while I was in class last week. On Thursdays I leave my laptop at home. I dont need it, surprisingly, for a writing class. We discuss books and the top layer of the papers we are writing, but we never get very deep. A quarter of the class time is wasted on quizes. She uses them to force us to read the books assigned. I always finish early. I had time to peer around the classroom and then kill time contemplating my handwriting. It really is pretty, in a swirly kind of way. I would love to show you. But I can’t here, and that bothers me sometimes. Perhaps I should (see: David should) rework my banner so I use my own scrawl….hmm… interesting idea.

And there are typos in this entry (big fucking shock) but in the spirit of raw writing, I’m not correctin them! So there!

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