Friday, September 25, 2009

even in blue ink you are black and white

i wrote with a blue pen a few days ago, something i havent really done since high school. college burns my pens, leaving charred ink only suitable for taking notes and doodling in the margins - devoid of creativity, inspiration, and color. and the blue ink made me happy, because i had always preferred it, but i had forgotten. forgotten that black on white may be what i use virtually every day, but blue ink flowing out from the real pen i grasp between my real fingers will always be my favorite.

and i felt sorry for my brothers that they will never have to write an essay in neat, blue handwriting - overwhelmed by the sheer length that you have to write. they will never have documented evidence of every mistake they wrote, every time the pen scratched through the hearts of misworded phrases and misspelled words, killing them, but keeping their body right there on the page. Putting them to rest under piles of whiteout cant delete them from existence. you cant back space blue ink.

and this times new roman generation will never truly appreciate the beauty behind a perfectly scripted letter. microsoft has stolen from them the satisfaction of dotting their i's and crossing their t's. and while some thoughts do well in the strict regime of one inch margins and double spacing, others need the freedom to be scrawled diagonally across a sheet of lined paper, defying the lines. handwriting gives thoughts the personalities and souls they need to live.

i wrote this last night before i went to sleep. apparently being tired makes me passionate about ink. :/

*Everything is Black and White, Even if it's Written in Blue Ink - Elijah Wyman

3 comments:

  1. loool i like it. and 'this times new generation' is a perfect name for them.

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  2. i know this is just about ink vs typing...but it is soooo beautiful. even hish though its nice his exact words "that was so beautiful, but so sad too..i was almost crying. :D and the metaphors and similes and analogies are really great...." he was talking for a long time...

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  3. It's simultaneously refreshing and nostalgic to write on paper. Blue ink is my preference as well. I got this fancy pen for my birthday last year, and I just jump at opportunities to use it.

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