introspection

I came across something recently that I’d like to explore a bit further starting today. So I’ve been listening to podcasts, and also ted talks that have to do with writing fiction and writing in general, because one has to “pay their dues” or “do their homework” on the craft that they want to pursue or progress in, so during my “research” into the subject or art of writing, I came across a few people who actually said that handwriting develops your brain in more ways than typing the words or thoughts! I mean it’s probably true if more than a few people who are experienced in writing say that right?

I’m not particular fond of handwriting too much only because in a sense its really slow to record all the thoughts I have at one time by hand writing, but it definitely, from my experience, allows a writer more time to articulate what they want to say onto the page. for a while I spent some time in and out of the American prison system, and during one of the more recent stints, (last time imprisoned was around 2016) I spent a lot of time writing, through handwriting. This is where mostly my passion for written words started to stem from. I was never an avid reader, nor was I even remotely interested in writing, but there was literally absolutely nothing to do but read, write, draw, play chess, play cards and work out. or sleep. In there you can sleep a lot. ALOT. lol. and certainly I did a copious amount of that.

But hey I figured it doesn’t hurt to try recording your thoughts through handwriting if it really is going to enhance a person’s cognitive skills. There’s actually more information about that actually, I’ll smack the link in here before I publish this post if ya’ll wanna check it out and see if it checks out for you. Its a 16 minute video, and he starts talking about the benefits of handwriting I think like 5 or 6 minutes in, I don’t remember the exact time, but hey check it out the video is actually very educational and informational. plus this dude’s artwork is insane!