Mar
28
The pen is poised
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The pen here looks like a ballerina en pointe, about to pirouette around the stage. What it’s going to write doesn’t matter as much as the act of writing itself.
(Photo by L_Dan)
Oct
26
Paper and coffee
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(Image by John Althouse Cohen)
I covet the things in the photo: the coffee, the notebook, the cafe table on the Parisian pavement. Ah, the things I could write there…
Oct
19
The lovely nib
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I’m sure this Monblanc would write just as well if its nib wasn’t so prettily decorated. And yet… there’s nothing like a bit of extra prettiness.
(Image by penmanila)
Oct
16
Scripts and colours
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(Image by flikr)
I feel for the author of this picture. If you had this many colour pens, wouldn’t you feel a compulsive need to write something - anything! - with them?
Also: black paper. How cool is that?
Oct
5
Dollar store treasures
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Fine stationery and gold-tipped Monblancs are all very well, but sometimes, a dose of simple cuteness works just as well to satisfy a notepad craving:
(Image by glindsay65)
Oct
1
Pen Rainbow
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(Image by RedblueNY)
Not sure what attracts me so much about these pens: maybe it’s that they’re slim, or that they’re colourful, or the sparkles. But they look very pleasant to write with.
I find it much easier to write with thin pens than thick ones, despite ergonomics apparently demanding the opposite. Maybe it’s that I have small hands, or maybe it’s the feeling of power I feel over a tiny pen: will I snap it? or allow it to live and write another day?
Sep
30
(Image by steakpinball)
This photo symbolises for me the impossibility of choice.
No single one of these bright, beautiful pens would be as good on its own as they are when they’re all lined up together. I wouldn’t exactly say ‘no’ to owning one if I were offered it, but I wouldn’t feel the need to choose.
Sometimes inaccessible beauty of a shop display is more pleasing than being able to own and to use. And that’s OK, too.
Sep
29
Seductive glint of gold
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(Image by bizmac)
I don’t own a Montblanc fountain pen, but oh how I covet it.
Not for the golden nib, not for the prestige of owning one. But for the pleasure of holding an object so beautiful and inviting.
I dare anyone to look at this photo and not desire a Monblanc pen of their own.
Sep
26
Windows Vista Pen
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(image by iogi)
I’m not posting this picture because it’s particularly great (although it’s nice enough), and certainly not because I’m suddenly overtaken with fondness towards Windows Vista merchandise. (In fact, when my laptop died in the summer, I transitioned to using a Mac, just so that I didn’t have to use Vista; that’s by the by though.)
However, I have a confession to make: I have an uncommon, unseemly fondness towards free pens.
Even if it’s kinda mediocre in use, even if it bears the name of a product I’d never use (like, cough, Vista) - hey, if it’s free, I’ll have it. And use it, often in preference to my other, nicer pens.
My friend reckons that it’s because deep down I don’t think that whatever I’m writing is worthy, and I’m loathe to use nice stationery on it. Maybe so, or maybe I’m just greedy.
Anyway, the picture up there is a symbol of my weakness.
Sep
18
The promise of a blank sheet
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(Image by feverblue)
Apart from being beautifully shot, this picture thrills me with its promise. I want to be Maryann who gets the letter, but I also want to write the letter, to be the one who loops the ink onto the page.
Also, mark the pen: it seems to be one of that breed that’s stunning to look at, but probably not very comfortable to grip. Do I want one anyway? You bet!
