Write Pretty

If this is something that interests you, the supplies to begin calligraphy are cheap, and practising it is a low effort activity. There is no need to run or pull out an exercise mat to churn out beautiful pieces of writing – all it needs is a steady hand and a hard surface.

Calligraphy is a very constructive leisure activity giving one a lifetime of praises in return for a little initiative.

If you are looking for the next level of self-satisfaction & creativity, then you can invest in the following;
• Any good Calligraphy instruction book or course
• Calligraphy Pens,
• Calligraphy Pencils, Erasers, a Ruler
• Calligraphy paper &
• Calligraphy Ink

One name that strongly comes to mind here is that of Apple founder Steve Jobs, whose inventions turned the world around starting a new era of development. But what does a Tech Mogul have to do with Calligraphy? Apparently, quite a lot.

A recent dropout from Reed College, Jobs barely able to make ends meet, signed up for one class like a lifeline – Robert Palladino’s Calligraphy class. He learnt the technicalities of the art, typefaces, about the spacing between the letters, about typography and more.

That single class that he persisted with and continued to attend was an incredible motivator for his success. Although, in his words, “none of this had any hope of any practical application in [his] life”, he continued to take it. And years later, he designed the Macintosh inclusive of the stunning typography that he learned from this class. Thus, what could have barely been a footnote in his history turned out to make an impact worthy of being a tale told for time immemorial.

A hobby is something we do for our own interest & self-satisfaction, but it is also an experience, a skill, and an opportunity. The way it is realised for every person is different, and we can never know what it will be until we hold that pen ourselves.

So look at that pencil now with a different angle and write away!