11.06.2008

The Digital Environment

Back in my bathtub of sound, depressing computer keys beyond the keyboard, through the desk and into some dark realm of space and wet heat, with very nice resistance on the fingers. Can't even feel them (keys) moving, really, just the hard tap (fingers). Keep that in mind, folks.

I think the auditory and physical aspects of typing are very important. I prefer typing on a laptop; I think the keys make a far more pleasing sound than those on a standard keyboard. However, I don't feel like I can really type hard on laptop keys without breaking the whole machine. A typewriter would be preferred, but that would involve a lengthy transferring process from paper landscapes to the digital environment. I'm not against simple pen and paper, provided the pen is a high quality roller ball, heavy in weight, fine tipped (.07 is a touch big, .05 a bit small--someone should make a .06) and with uninterupted, flowing, black ink. But mind is faster than hand and I can never keep up, when involved in serious wording. What to do, what to do.

Also, I'll call myself out on the semicolon above. Dab.

2 comments:

Flannery Shay-Nemirow said...

serious dab.

But you know: no pain no gain, especially in the art world.

As your ex-attorney I suggest that you make the move from digital to analog right away.

blackwood said...

I'm not sure what the no pain no gain comment has to do with wanting a typewriter, but yeah, I'll get right on it.