The other day, I read an article about how differently our brain works while writing compared to typing. As someone who has always enjoyed putting thoughts on paper but has fallen out of the habit due to convenience or blogger life, I found it quite interesting. Writing engages different parts of our brain and works on various cognitive processes. Feeling pen and paper, hand movement, or thinking while developing thoughts/sentences is like a person's signature. Everyone has a different personality and processes them at different rates. These traits are reflected in their handwriting. How can one deduce the person behind a typed page?
For the past few months, I've struggled a fair bit to be consistent on my blog. There have been ideas that I haven't had the motivation to develop at all. ‘Bored' spells have soared from a matter of days to months at times. My usual muses like food, travel, and my family have helped keep my blog alive and kicking but what kind of blogger would I be if I didn't broaden my horizons? This article set things rolling and reminded me of my forgotten diary that nestles my deepest thoughts and struggles and even self-boasting, in my handwriting. Who else could guide me better than the younger and fiery me?
Rescuing it took me back to the good old college days when I scribbled random musings and poems on the last page of almost every book. Inspiration came from everywhere; movies, friends, music, and more. Computers meant desktops and were mainly used for educational purposes. Typing was limited to emails or Yahoo chat (yes!) which didn't involve any real talent. Writing meant putting pen to paper and was by far my favorite thing to do. Wish we wrote and sent out letters now as we did back then just to stay in practice.
I held the diary in my hand and wished for a miracle to happen; a bulb to glow or lightning to strike. Sure enough, as if driven by an external force, my hands turned to a blank page and started jotting down. Within ten minutes I was on the sixth page and raring to go further. Everything from my runs to recent events like my son's recent Solan trip found a place in it. My thoughts went around the world and back while my hand, as steady as ever, dutifully journaled it. Amusing that the last entry was from Feb 2022 and my handwriting hasn't changed a bit in the last two years. See for yourself!
My teachers and friends loved my handwriting as it was neat and precise. In the six pages I wrote there wasn't a single scratch or overwriting whereas I make countless mistakes while typing. Has editing made us lousy writers, I wonder? As a blogger, I can't give up typing but surely writing can be the fuel that'll keep me going in the long run. Back to basics, it is. What do you say?
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