i was thinking about making a post about the importance of learning cursive handwriting (historical documents, neurological benefits) etc. but then i remembered how i learned cursive by my teachers guiding my hand. i realized that this is basically off limits in the U.S and this would be seen as very scandalous for a teacher to do but in most of the world its such a normal, innocent act for kids to learn how to write. a low touch culture literally kills a people so insidiously.
so you dont have a journal
Pencils made cursive obsolete. It looks nice and all, and I can use and read it, but it’s just not that useful when you don’t need to worry about your fountain pen bleeding ink all over the place. I guess if you want your journal to look nice it’s good? It’s not like it’s even a creative experience like drawing, though. You’re just reproducing the same shapes over and over. What’s the point?
What worries me is children not learning how to use a pencil at all and just ditching paper in schools, which I think is coming. Why bother with old and busted wood pulp when everything is computer?
Nope, nor is a journal going to do the same thing for me.
I have an Obsidian journal where I type out my thoughts straight off the dome as they come to me. I will return to ideas I had months ago and add to them, have a reoccurring dream and add to that, etc. This is encrypted and backed up so I won’t lose it in case of a flood or anything. There’s other ways to organize your ideas and reflect on your thoughts.