Musings on tools for thought

Posted by Daly de Gagne
May 11, 2022 at 01:59 AM

Agreed! Fountain pens are great! It helps if you have a good shop, and I am fortunate to have found Wonder Pens in Toronto. For me, there is a place for both fountain pens and computers - both are tools for thinking, and at the same time they are tools for externalizing the product of our thought process.

Besides our thoughts, a fountain pen needs ink and paper, and a computer requires software and the ability to save and/or a means to externalize our thoughts by means of a printer on paper. The recent emphasis on note-taking software which has bi-directional linking capabilities may lead ideally to a more conscious awareness of how to gain greater benefit from our notetaking.

Amontillado wrote:
I enjoyed reading that. I’d be crippled if I had to stop using
>computers.
> >However, I’ve found that I like to think with a fountain pen. It’s both
>primitive and elegant, fragile and self-sustaining.