We too love paper here'bouts! We used ta have this wonderful store in NYC called Pearl Paint--only art students worked there so they all "knew their stuff" an' weekly I'd go ta get a special sheet (for books, prints, writin', etc)--some made with rice, some made with cotton, some had nifty inclusions like flower petals--each a work of ar…
We too love paper here'bouts! We used ta have this wonderful store in NYC called Pearl Paint--only art students worked there so they all "knew their stuff" an' weekly I'd go ta get a special sheet (for books, prints, writin', etc)--some made with rice, some made with cotton, some had nifty inclusions like flower petals--each a work of art 'fore the artwork wuz made!
Also--I love the paper on the old books (includin' the marble "end papers!" Today's machine printin' is too smooth, too white, too slick by half--it lacks TOOTH! (as often duz the writin' too!)
Meantimes, yer a' channelin' the written word (an' ink!) along with Charles Eisenstein this very week! Could 'a said "jinx" over some similarities! Thus n' such, I think you'll like his essay, starts out with his love 'a fountain pens! (nifty things them too!)
Thanks for the link, very good article. I have to say that I am terrible at writing by hand, if I tried to do all this Substack writing on a typewriter or by hand I would not survive lol. I am so thankful for computers for my writing. But I do love paper and pens and fountain pens are nice too.
We too love paper here'bouts! We used ta have this wonderful store in NYC called Pearl Paint--only art students worked there so they all "knew their stuff" an' weekly I'd go ta get a special sheet (for books, prints, writin', etc)--some made with rice, some made with cotton, some had nifty inclusions like flower petals--each a work of art 'fore the artwork wuz made!
Also--I love the paper on the old books (includin' the marble "end papers!" Today's machine printin' is too smooth, too white, too slick by half--it lacks TOOTH! (as often duz the writin' too!)
Meantimes, yer a' channelin' the written word (an' ink!) along with Charles Eisenstein this very week! Could 'a said "jinx" over some similarities! Thus n' such, I think you'll like his essay, starts out with his love 'a fountain pens! (nifty things them too!)
https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/machines-will-not-replace-us
Thanks for the link, very good article. I have to say that I am terrible at writing by hand, if I tried to do all this Substack writing on a typewriter or by hand I would not survive lol. I am so thankful for computers for my writing. But I do love paper and pens and fountain pens are nice too.