📖 7 Books in 16 languages 📚 including: How To Change The World A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech.
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Hello Reader These are my hands, photographed eleven years ago for a series about heirlooms: At the time, I was especially fascinated that my own hands, which frequently held my daughter’s hands, had been held by my parents’ - as theirs had been held by theirs - and so on, through the generations. I was glad to have hands to write, draw and - well, just generally be human. (Many of the photos in that series, which was published in The Guardian, were tools used at work.)
I still have two hands. And I'm still glad. Since this photo was taken, smart phones have taken over virtually everything, including drawing and writing. In fact, I’m typing this post right now on my iPhone. But I still write by hand, on paper, for substantial periods every day. It just feels better. I think better. And there’s lots of evidence that handwriting helps create memories of the ideas it shapes - the dance of pen or pencil is loaded with muscle memory and emotional weight. I am sad to read research showing that many people do not write anything by hand, for several months at a time. I wish smart phones would disappear - he wrote, tapping on his iPhone. ​ This is the DAILY edition of my newsletter​ ​ ​ ​ |
John-Paul Flintoff
📖 7 Books in 16 languages 📚 including: How To Change The World A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech.
Today’s date: 22 Jan 2025 Hello Reader This is the January newsletter for Special Projects members. Thank you for being one. Writers Support Group Thursday (tomorrow!): 12.30pm and 6pm. Zoom LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7115311619?pwd=wta0p6xSe094BJRc6SITM66aN8rglx.1 Meeting ID: 711 531 1619 Passcode: 349566 Behind the scenes: Portrait of Patrick Patrick M. is retiring at the end of this month. I asked if I could make a portrait of him in his office before he leaves. He was keen, he said,...
Today’s date: 17 Dec 2024 Hello Reader This is the December newsletter for Special Projects members. Thank you for being one. THIS WEEK(!) Writers Support Group Brought forward, this month only, to avoid Christmas. Thursday at the usual times: 12.30pm and 6pm. Zoom LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7115311619?pwd=wta0p6xSe094BJRc6SITM66aN8rglx.1 Meeting ID: 711 531 1619 Passcode: 349566 Behind the scenes: WRITING I went to a book launch last week - a book of photos by Don McCullin. I can’t say...
Yesterday I told you that my late father in law, Jack, could distinguish between 50 to 60 industrial grades of paper. That got me thinking. Recently, on LinkedIn, I mentioned that printed newspapers still seem wonderful to me - even accounting for stories and opinions within them that I don’t like so much. One of the people who commented on my LinkedIn post made an interesting distinction between digital media and putting something on paper. Print demonstrates a commitment, he said. There’s a...