The benefits of cursive handwriting : Princeton study/ Mrs. Duffy... and inspiration!!!

A Study...

A Letter...

A lot of inspiration!

Here is another study...but put out by a researcher at Princeton, this time about the benefits of handwriting (you know, the kind you do with your hand and a pen or pencil) over the keyboard.  Not that the keyboard will ever be replaced, but I think that there is a happy medium somewhere here!

http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2014/06/princeton_university_study_finds_students_more_likely_to_learn_by_taking_handwritten_notes.html

Then, right on the coat tails of this study, what should  all of a sudden appear in my incoming mail , but a lovely, beautiful, letter from Mrs. Duffy (see her wonderful blog:  Letter Matters).  And, I must say that I  do pause... and examine...  her workmanship from every angle...

Isn't her script absolutely lovely?

While admiring it...I just had to pull out my quill pens, dipping pens, inks and nibs... 

And my long-forgotten Spencerian Script instruction book.

This is a very do-able guide...if you devote the necessary time.  I couldn't find my oblique pen holder... but I could locate my various nibs and inks.

Here is a peek at one of the pages in the book.  I highly recommend it, but again, it requires much devotion,and patience to see results.  I don't believe that I shall ever be as elegant as Mrs. Duffy, but I have been inspired!  Mrs. Duffy is experimenting with her dipping pens...I am sure she is doing beautifully.  I am in the market for a very flexible nib for calligraphy in the  fountain pen style.  Does someone have any suggestions for me in this regard?

Reach outside your comfort zone...grab some inspiration and...

Write letters,

Write often.

Lady Pamela