HT to Paul McCain again...
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As many of you regular readers know I write with fountain pen only. Having just finished outlining and blocking out sermons through Labor Day (sequestered away for about three days this week), I am in hog heaven. Three days of a wonderful Waterman pen flowing ink to paper and thoughts to words is one of the great pleasures of my workday life. A good fountain pen is key (I have about 40, mostly vintage, both inexpensive and some very pricey and most of them gifts).
Watch and drool. . .
2 comments:
I think it was George Buttrick, the great Presbyerian preacher of the mid-twentieth century, who said sermons do not deserve ink -- only graphite -- lead pencil -- so they can be readily changed. I've always followed that advice, but I also understand your love of a good pen!
Sermons aside, calligraphy is a beautiful art. Orthography was once a required subject in grammar school. Look at any document from the early 1900s back. When words meant something, their worth was expressed on paper (or parchment or vellum).
There is huge satisfaction in good penmanship/calligraphy. I love to watch it, and see it's finished form since I am no longer able to make my hands cooperate in it's performance.
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