Linda’s #SoCS prompt, this week:
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with cal.” Use a word starting with the letters “cal” as your prompt word. Have fun!
Calligraphy is going to be my word of choice, this week
I have always had a huge fascinataion with the ornate writing style, marvelling at the people who use those strokes to create such beautiful handwriting.
My own handwriting resembles a spider let loose over a piece of paper after stepping in an inkpad.
I’m not joking!
You’d think, as a teacher, I would have really neat handwriting. Well, I really don’t! I have to concentrate so hard to write my notes and feedback in children’s books, legibly, but when I aam just writing for me, there are times I forget what I actually wrote, and I can’t even read it back!
That can be a real pain when I can’t, for the life of me, read what I had written on a shopping list!
So, in lockdown, I decided to invest in a couple of courses, to learn the art of calligraphy. I got the pens, and everything.
I love the flow of the ink, but I am the one with a permnently ink stained finger, after clumsily filling the ink well!
After learning the basics, I found I was much more mindful of my writing, but the ink thing? What a faf!
Instead, I decided to learn how to brush letter, or hand letter, and I have had much more fun with that!
But I Smile Anyway... 
Mar 22, 2021 @ 02:54:32
There are a couple of calligraphers on Instagram that are really amazing. Search the #calligraphy hashtag. We tried it a while ago and neither of us was much good at it. But it’s fun to watch…
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Mar 22, 2021 @ 06:23:27
I love watching all the lettering videos, John. They can be mesmerising!
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Mar 21, 2021 @ 18:26:29
Calligraphy is wonderful! Dont regret on your handwriting, mine you would not identify as this. Lol Keep on with Calligraphy! Have a nice Sunday evening, Sis! Best wishes, Michael
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Mar 21, 2021 @ 18:28:09
Lol thanks, Bro!
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Mar 21, 2021 @ 22:22:26
:-))
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Mar 21, 2021 @ 15:05:34
Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Mar 21, 2021 @ 15:14:22
Thank you, Chuck 💜
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 18:58:40
Not really a fan of my own handwriting most of the time either. I’ve seen some of your work on Instagram and it is very pretty. Happy Saturday.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 19:00:30
Aw thank you, Janet! I do love trying to letter!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 17:56:11
What a great lockdown class to take! My first grade teacher was constantly on my case about “poor penmanship.” She even told my mom in needed to improve. Today, I have good penmanship most of the time. I suppose I should thank my first grade teacher who I disliked very much, but she must be long gone.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 18:23:37
It was a lovely way to get my head away from the anxieties of school life during lockdown, and came at a time when I couldn’t find my writing mojo, so I learned something creative, but in a different vein!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 17:15:40
HA! I love that you did it, then adapted it to the style more appropriate to you! best of both worlds!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 18:22:29
Well, John, if you are going to learn something that is meant to calm and relax you, you might as well adapt it to something that you will enjoy, know what I mean?😉
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 15:32:20
Ritu, Steve Jobs notes a course in Calligraphy was a big influence on his pursuit of elegance in design for the Apple. Keith
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:30:44
It’s all connected, that creative flair, Keith, whether writing, painting, composing or designing, I guess!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 15:20:58
I learned calligraphy years ago, but I was never patient enough.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:29:49
It is definitely time consuming, but I like how, in order to perfect your art, you HAVE to slow down. We move so fast in life, right now!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:30:42
You are so right about that, Ritu. We all need to slow down our pace.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:35:46
I’m learning, now, that getting it all done isn’t always the best way! 🥰
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 14:13:17
My regular handwriting is terrible too. At least, I can leave everything lying around, visible for everyone since only I can read it… lol
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:27:37
Ha ha! That is a definite bonus! 🤣
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 18:23:17
It is😂
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 14:10:57
A nice choice Sis and having been some of your practiced calligraphy I am impressed.💜💜💜
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 16:27:14
Thank you, Sis 💜
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:14:35
My handwriting used to be much better, but I think the many years of typewriters and computers made me careless. I’m not quite that spider, Ritu, but I do have to focus when my handwriting needs to be legible.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:39:53
This is it, Mary, having to focus to have legibility!!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:09:50
Our handwriting really suffers from typing on a keyboard and texting on our phones. Calligraphy is a beautiful hobby though 💜
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:39:03
So true Brother. It’s why I wanted to learn calligraphy and brush lettering!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 18:10:01
💜💜💜
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:05:03
I made an effort to lear calligraphy many years ago. It helped my handwriting for a bit, but I’m back to chicken scratch. I hope the effect lasts longer with you.
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 11:38:19
I can only hope, Dan!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 07:04:13
At school I was smacked with a ruler on my hand for having ink on my fingers. My writing was once compared to a spider having crawled into an ink well and dragging his feet on the page. I have also found calligraphy helpful and used to do a lot. Now I’ve got out of the practice but my printing has improved – not my cursive though!
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Mar 20, 2021 @ 07:12:46
We have to model and write cursive in school. It’s our handwriting policy, so I have to try hard!
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