On a sunny morning in late April, Christian Science Monitor staff photographer Melanie Stetson Freeman stopped by my Boston studio space to photograph some of my typewriter collection. We had a grand time, taking out one machine after another and creating quite a happy mess. The Christian Sci
For me, the reason is easy: my writing is horrible. I learnt cursive at school (and my children are learning only cursive at school, cursive is not disappearing in France at all) so it’s not the problem. I’m creative, but clumsy, so the typewriter is the perfect solution for me. Moreover, I have ADHD, so I need things to “launch” me if I want to do something. Often the typewriter do the trick. And there’s a pleasure in the act of typing that i don’t feel with a computer or a pen.
But maybe it could be a self standing post instead of a comment? You’d have more answers.
For me, the reason is easy: my writing is horrible. I learnt cursive at school (and my children are learning only cursive at school, cursive is not disappearing in France at all) so it’s not the problem. I’m creative, but clumsy, so the typewriter is the perfect solution for me. Moreover, I have ADHD, so I need things to “launch” me if I want to do something. Often the typewriter do the trick. And there’s a pleasure in the act of typing that i don’t feel with a computer or a pen.
But maybe it could be a self standing post instead of a comment? You’d have more answers.
Fear not, mine is as well (and I used to be a paid creative too, now I’m just creative because that’s what I am) ;)
Maybe, I just always think we’re such a tiny bunch most of us must be reading whatever is happening, even in a comment ;)