Have you read Mary Norris's <i>Between You and Me</i>? She writes a whole chapter on pencils, in her book about her career as a copy editor for <i>The New Yorker.</i> That chapter reminded me of my love for good pencils, and I immediately invested in a couple dozen No. 1 pencils, which are a joy.
But now... I will have to research this Blackwing phenomenon, and I hope it doesn't tempt me to be discontented.
I still have a huge collection of mostly inferior pencils left over from 25 years of homeschooling. I wonder if the children would have spent more time writing if their hard pencil leads had not resisted the expression of their thoughts on the page.
I just found out about Blackwing recently - I have no idea how, but here they are, analogue along with my 35mm Nikon, all sharing the same space. So glad you thought to write about them.
Have you read Mary Norris's <i>Between You and Me</i>? She writes a whole chapter on pencils, in her book about her career as a copy editor for <i>The New Yorker.</i> That chapter reminded me of my love for good pencils, and I immediately invested in a couple dozen No. 1 pencils, which are a joy.
But now... I will have to research this Blackwing phenomenon, and I hope it doesn't tempt me to be discontented.
I still have a huge collection of mostly inferior pencils left over from 25 years of homeschooling. I wonder if the children would have spent more time writing if their hard pencil leads had not resisted the expression of their thoughts on the page.
Thanks for the comment. It sounds like I need to check out that chapter! (And maybe a few No. 1 pencils)
I just found out about Blackwing recently - I have no idea how, but here they are, analogue along with my 35mm Nikon, all sharing the same space. So glad you thought to write about them.
Now you won’t be able to go back! The analogue space looks better and better by the day.
Completely agree!