There is certainly something to be said about taking a pen (especially a fountain pen), and a piece of paper and writing a real letter to someone far away. It takes real effort to stop what you’re doing and focus directly on getting your ideas through your hands with a pen that kind of gets lost when you’re typing on a computer. I don’t mean “I’m too lazy to write anything with a pen and paper”, but taking the time to not be distracted by other things on your computer. There are no tweets on your pad of paper, not “dings” or IM notices. Just you and the paper, and I think that there is a real quality to sitting down and writing a letter all in one go. It reads more naturally, more “flowy” then a disconnected email that has spent time in your drafts folder.
I’d like to make it a challenge to all of you reading this to sit down and write a letter to someone whom even through the wicked advancements of facebook you don’t keep a real human connection with anymore. I can almost guarantee that you’ll feel great about it afterwards!
And if you don’t feel great, jut go back to facebook ‘cause you’re probably having FB withdrawl. You’re all dead to me anyways FTW!
Who am I kidding, you guys won’t try it anyways.
