I started school, aged 5 and firmly left-handed, in 1939. It would have
been 1941 when I graduated to Ink. "Ink involved a wooden handle with a
(scratchy) steel nib, an inkwell, smudges and BLOTS! It also involved an
Ink Monitor, whose job it was to refill the inkwells with a mixture of a
powdery ink concentrate and water. I never knew the proportions for the
recipe, and I don't suppose the Ink Monitor did either!
As my hand followed my pen along the line, I noticed that I was making a
continuous smudge, so hit on the idea of twisting my hand around so that,
instead of following along the line I was writing, it travelled along the
previous line which, given my slow speed at the time, was already dry -
hence, no smudges! Your preferred order for painting demonstrates the same
principle - a desire not to smudge work already done.
Interestingly, today's young left-handers, in an era of ballpoint pens,
where few people posssess fountain pens, and only calligraphers use pen
handles and nibs, mainly seem to write the way that I do - when fear of
smudging no longer applies!
Ann in Manchester, UK
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To: "arachne lacing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:41 PM
Subject: [lace] oops...inscription ? again
> Actually he said I would think you would turn the bobbin from left to
right as you would read a book.
> Something for all of you to think about anyways....I would be interested
in what you have to say about it.
> Sherry
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