Normal people is a remarkable novel with so many passages like that one that sits with you. For me it is often the single sentences that capture enormous ideas in very simple words like “It feels powerful to him to put an experience down in words, like he's trapping it in a jar and it can never fully leave him.”
After 63 years, I am a writer who still wonders about those same things.
Pens? I have a Lamy Safari with a fine nib that writes more beautifully than most things I have ever written with. After that, there's a cheap gel that I fear I may never replace when it finally runs dry. Mechanical pencils still lurk in my tool bag and for bigger projects... Selectrics.
Thank you for the wwonderful start to a cold Monday morning in January.
Hi Edward! Thank you for your thoughtful comment, and for your keen observations with regard to the beauty of words. I, too, have a Lamy Safari and find it to be excellent. Am also a fan of Sailor pens.
Normal people is a remarkable novel with so many passages like that one that sits with you. For me it is often the single sentences that capture enormous ideas in very simple words like “It feels powerful to him to put an experience down in words, like he's trapping it in a jar and it can never fully leave him.”
After 63 years, I am a writer who still wonders about those same things.
Pens? I have a Lamy Safari with a fine nib that writes more beautifully than most things I have ever written with. After that, there's a cheap gel that I fear I may never replace when it finally runs dry. Mechanical pencils still lurk in my tool bag and for bigger projects... Selectrics.
Thank you for the wwonderful start to a cold Monday morning in January.
Hi Edward! Thank you for your thoughtful comment, and for your keen observations with regard to the beauty of words. I, too, have a Lamy Safari and find it to be excellent. Am also a fan of Sailor pens.
Wishing you a lovely start to the week!
Warmly,
Ani