http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/words-fly-a-love-affair-with-writing-not-typing-headlines.html Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:30:15 +0000 The author explains why handwriting is an artistic ritual, why ambiguity bends to beauty, and why we should perhaps pick up a quill.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/ecriture-infinite-remembers-the-beauty-of-handwriting.html Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:35:48 +0000 Artist Bili Bodjocka collects handwriting from around the world as to remember it in the face of its declining use. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/how-writing-by-hand-boosts-our-learning-abilities.html Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:01:10 +0000 Why it may be a good idea to revive the forgotten art of handwriting.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/the-death-of-handwriting.html Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:57:54 +0000 Is cursive handwriting even a valid skill anymore? A sentimental Boston Globe article explores this rapidly atrophying communication method, and discovers, although it has its fans, it’s essentially going extinct. In today’s world, this seems logical – formal cursive handwriting just doesn’t seem necessary when so much communication is done via keyboard entered text. Even schools are phasing out penmanship. The Globe reports that A 2007 US Department of Education study shows nine out of 10 teachers only devote an average of 70 minutes per week to the teaching of handwriting. But some, like Kitty Burns Florey author of ScriptRead more...]]>