Yvan on Nostr: Went to the local arts and crafts market and did some patronising. Patronised some ...

Went to the local arts and crafts market and did some patronising.

Patronised some local photography, pen making, cyanotyping, copper foiling (stained glass), beading, and linocut printing. Credit card got a thorough workout.

Amongst those many other things obtained, I now possess a locally made (turned & assembled) fountain pen. Incredibly whimsical.

I now need to remember how to write. This is something I was never good at. Though in year 7 at school I did "win" at calligraphy class... though that required painstaking slowness to achieve.

This writing here was also very slow, just trying to recall each letter form.

My "coordination" when it comes to handwriting is abysmal, in normal circumstances I put doctors to shame. But I always found it easier to write with a fountain or felt tip pen, I need the drag, the friction of the point... ball point pens just run away with my hand.