Wednesday, August 20, 2008

handwriting in the technological revolution

I've just finished writing a note..

It has been some time since I've handwritten such a thing, and nothing so important as this..It is very difficult to make sense of parts of it because there tends to be so much swirling in my brain that sometimes it doesn't come out right in the first draft.* (Thank you Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and whoever else invented computers and word processing programs. It is much easier to be in perfect communication with a delete key close at hand.) On average, when I write something important, it usually takes a good bit of time, proofing and reproofing. I want to precisely convey how I feel and be as honest as possible.

I don't think of myself as a great writer, but with a little fuel and a delete key, I do alright for myself when the mood strikes...

* Except I have a run on sentence tick..

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