Comments on: The Art of Letter Writing http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:07:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why I deleted my Facebook account for good → Omit Needless http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-101175 Why I deleted my Facebook account for good → Omit Needless Tue, 11 May 2010 05:50:05 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2460#comment-101175 [...] their eyes and wondering how many days it will be before I’m back on, maybe I’ll send them an actual hand-written letter in the mail. Won’t that be [...] [...] their eyes and wondering how many days it will be before I’m back on, maybe I’ll send them an actual hand-written letter in the mail. Won’t that be [...]

]]> By: Erica http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-100199 Erica Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:19:33 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2460#comment-100199 My goodness The Post Office should hire you as PR. You make letter writting sound like it may just be as fun and cool as playing the Wii. I was inclined to visit your site after getting Jenny's email from sublime stitching. The two of you Rock and I totally get why you two would get along. The both of you are taking traditions ( that were taken as everyday normal ) and are doing an awsome job of making them Bi**ch'n again. Rock on. yours truly (and all that jazz), Erica My goodness The Post Office should hire you as PR. You make letter writting sound like it may just be as fun and cool as playing the Wii. I was inclined to visit your site after getting Jenny’s email from sublime stitching. The two of you Rock and I totally get why you two would get along. The both of you are taking traditions ( that were taken as everyday normal ) and are doing an awsome job of making them Bi**ch’n again. Rock on.

yours truly (and all that jazz),
Erica

]]> By: Patrick http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-99024 Patrick Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:04:15 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2460#comment-99024 This is genius, I came upon such a notion when I was in high school years ago; and would write both letters and post cards to girls I liked. And found one day when I'd returned from a short trip that those members of my class previously written were saddened ( and expectant) that my travel had not warranted writing them as was known to be my custom. And when I would court a girl, did not merely write "notes" as the standard for my generation; having missed "text messaging" narrowly. But instead with fountain pen and calligraphy that now even after a decade some times it is recalled by those who I haven't seen in years passed that I was well regarded for my putting ink to paper. Both family and friends / girlfriends kept some sort of value based on the longer a letter I could produce to them ( I later found out ) and that the longer the letters became the higher my reputation grew. Also finding that if you write the way you talk it is received all the greater by your reads. They'll say "It's like, I could totally hear you saying that! Just like you were standing here telling me about it...," And that I think is when we've done our job best. Thanks for writing these great sections ! This is genius,
I came upon such a notion when I was in high school years ago; and would write both letters and post cards to girls I liked. And found one day when I’d returned from a short trip that those members of my class previously written were saddened ( and expectant) that my travel had not warranted writing them as was known to be my custom.
And when I would court a girl, did not merely write “notes” as the standard for my generation; having missed “text messaging” narrowly. But instead with fountain pen and calligraphy that now even after a decade some times it is recalled by those who I haven’t seen in years passed that I was well regarded for my putting ink to paper.
Both family and friends / girlfriends kept some sort of value based on the longer a letter I could produce to them ( I later found out ) and that the longer the letters became the higher my reputation grew. Also finding that if you write the way you talk it is received all the greater by your reads. They’ll say “It’s like, I could totally hear you saying that! Just like you were standing here telling me about it…,”
And that I think is when we’ve done our job best.
Thanks for writing these great sections !

]]> By: Paul K http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-73027 Paul K Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:21:47 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2460#comment-73027 I could not agree more that letter writing is a good thing. Apart from the natural intimacy of a letter it affirms one's true friendship with the correspondent. In order to write real letters to each other you have to share that most intimate detail - your address. How many people who claim hundreds of Facebook friends would dream of giving more than a handful of them their actual address? Personally I find that email and the internet has achieved the sublime result of ridding my letterbox of brown envelopes and bills so I can genuinely look forward to the thump of a letter on the mat knowing it is almost certainly something to give pleasure. I could not agree more that letter writing is a good thing. Apart from the natural intimacy of a letter it affirms one’s true friendship with the correspondent. In order to write real letters to each other you have to share that most intimate detail – your address. How many people who claim hundreds of Facebook friends would dream of giving more than a handful of them their actual address?
Personally I find that email and the internet has achieved the sublime result of ridding my letterbox of brown envelopes and bills so I can genuinely look forward to the thump of a letter on the mat knowing it is almost certainly something to give pleasure.

]]> By: Ahmasi http://artofmanliness.com/2009/04/16/the-art-of-letter-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-69170 Ahmasi Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:37:53 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=2460#comment-69170 The words above ring so true and profound. The intimacy of letter writing cannot be touched or matched by electronics, and I'm a natural born geek who loves tech but I'm also a very proud fountain pen lover, even before the tech! As a child, I watched my father write his sermons with his Esterbrook! That was the beginning of my love affair with writing and fountain pens. I have a small, modest collection, most of which I use daily, trading off one pen for another over a period of time! Nothing feels like a nib on touchdown; like a figure skater on fresh ice! This was a very lovely, memory inducing blog; thank you! Yours in script, Ahmasi The words above ring so true and profound. The intimacy of letter writing cannot be touched or matched by electronics, and I’m a natural born geek who loves tech but I’m also a very proud fountain pen lover, even before the tech! As a child, I watched my father write his sermons with his Esterbrook! That was the beginning of my love affair with writing and fountain pens. I have a small, modest collection, most of which I use daily, trading off one pen for another over a period of time! Nothing feels like a nib on touchdown; like a figure skater on fresh ice! This was a very lovely, memory inducing blog; thank you!
Yours in script,
Ahmasi

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