There are few beautiful things that humanity has invented, and writing is far one of the prettiest.
Invented a lot of centuries ago, writting was the start of history, the start of the colective memory, cultivated during millennia. ¿Which form took as first? Obviously the handwriting.
Aforetime, writing had neat strokes, a perfect combination between intention and expresion: the intention to show something from our minds, and the expresion of do it neatly.
I think those years were the best for the writing, because it was (I guess) an enjoyable activity. Later, with the invention of printing, this art was gradually dying, because a new form of writing arose. Maybe at this point, the people was able to mass their intentions, but didn't mass expresion.
Nowadays, our calligraphy has been modified because the printing. Is hard to find a neat letter, hand made. At basic school still is teached calligraphy, but since 4th grade, children starts to learn print writing, because the schools requires a quick writing for them, and them forgets how to write neatly.
Finally I mean two things. First, I love handwriting because I think that it express better my feelings at writing time, than another ways of write (although my calligraphy isn't the best). And second, I don't support the elimination of print, I just think that it can't replace handwriting, because the one, mass better the intentions than the last, but this last, can express a lot with only one word, and if it's hard to find, I think it's better when it's found.
There are few beautiful things that humanity has invented, and writing is (by) far one of the prettiest.
ResponderBorrarInvented many centuries ago, writing was the start of history, the start of our collective memory, cultivated over the millennia. Which form was first? Obviously, handwriting.
Before, writing had neat strokes, a perfect combination between intention and expression: the intention to show something from our minds, and the expression of doing it neatly.
I think those years were the best for writing, because it was (I guess) an enjoyable activity. Later, with the invention of printing, this art was gradually died out, because a new form of writing arose. Maybe at this point, the people was able to mass their intentions, but didn't mass expression.
Nowadays, our calligraphy has been modified because of printing. It is hard to find a neat letter, hand made. At elementary school they continue to teach calligraphy, until the 4th grade. Then children begin to learn printing, because the schools requires a quick form of writing for them, and they forget how to write neatly.
Finally two things more things. First, I love handwriting because I think that it expresses my feelings better at the time of writing, than another ways of writing (although my calligraphy isn't the best). Second, I don't support the elimination of printing. I just think that it can't replace handwriting, because the former has mass appeal, and the latter can express a lot with only one word. The latter is a better way to communicate.
Excellent! 6,4
Sp: Double "letters"-expression, collective,
D/A: use of "the"
writing... the icon of our civilization
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