Handwriting is an art
Lesson #32 of 40
As I approach 40, I’m embarking on a year-long project to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned in four decades of life. This is lesson #32. You can read the full series here.
p.s. Thanks for trying out something new with me this week! And thanks for seeing this project through. Just eight more lessons to go! xo
I absolutely LOVED this post! As I read it, I was picturing the handwriting of my loved ones. I'm a boomer, so I grew up with handwritten cards and notes. I use a keyboard for almost all of my communications because it's so much faster and I find I even "stumble" when I write something by hand. But you made me think about what is lost when we strip away the personality that's revealed in handwriting. Thank you so much for reminding me!!
I’m trying to get back to journaling and/or morning pages recently and I do feel like the muscles have atrophied. My hand gets tired faster. But I love writing by hand. I write so fast though that it’s absolutely full of scratch-outs and misspelled words, mostly because I move so fast I often add an extra loop that likes a lowercase e at the end of words that do not need it. It’s definitely strange to think about not knowing the handwriting of most people in my life now, when I can still remember the handwriting of kids I went to middle school with. Passing notes! Sharing homework! Writing valentines cards!