Comments on: Pens and Ink as Instruments of Discipline http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/ A Blog of Musings on the Science of Artistic Suffering Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adele Haze’s “Spanking Model Speaks” » What the Net Dragged In - 12 http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-28162 Adele Haze’s “Spanking Model Speaks” » What the Net Dragged In - 12 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:16:00 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-28162 [...] feeder fountain pen - Now, how does such an innocent search lead you to my site? Oh, wait, I know… [...] [...] feeder fountain pen – Now, how does such an innocent search lead you to my site? Oh, wait, I know… [...]

]]> By: Adele Haze’s “Spanking Model Speaks” » 2006 » November » 22 http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3985 Adele Haze’s “Spanking Model Speaks” » 2006 » November » 22 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:00:09 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3985 [...] Pens and Ink as Instruments of Discipline [...] [...] Pens and Ink as Instruments of Discipline [...]

]]> By: Erica http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Erica Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:20:02 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3705 Oyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... :-) Oyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…. :-)

]]> By: Adele http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3689 Adele Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:04:48 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3689 I love calligraphy; it's the most soothing pastime ever (not that I'm particularly good at it, as it would also require patience). But I'd never thought about issues for lefties in this regard. Erica, maybe you should try calligraphy in Hebrew? ;) I love calligraphy; it’s the most soothing pastime ever (not that I’m particularly good at it, as it would also require patience).

But I’d never thought about issues for lefties in this regard. Erica, maybe you should try calligraphy in Hebrew? ;)

]]> By: Amber http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3671 Amber Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:05:38 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3671 Yes, and what's funny, we wrote it out in two languages, with me writing a page in Russian (a lot of Russian-speaking people were coming) and him writing in English, but mine was not nearly as nice. Yes, and what’s funny, we wrote it out in two languages, with me writing a page in Russian (a lot of Russian-speaking people were coming) and him writing in English, but mine was not nearly as nice.

]]> By: Erica http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3669 Erica Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:14:27 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3669 Yeah, it sounds like your professors had the right idea -- it's supposed to be artistic and fun, not perfect. How cool that your hubby wrote out your wedding invitations! :-) Yeah, it sounds like your professors had the right idea — it’s supposed to be artistic and fun, not perfect. How cool that your hubby wrote out your wedding invitations! :-)

]]> By: Amber http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3668 Amber Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:42:23 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3668 Well, honestly, Erica, I have not tried it myself very much but my husband and a lot of other people I know did. I don't think he was perfect at it (and the school he went to was not pushing for perfection), but it helped him to write out our wedding invitations in a very elegant handwriting, although it was not calligraphy per se. My only experience was in college, in the Medieval English class, and the professor was not pushing for perfection either, it was just to get the taste. Well, honestly, Erica, I have not tried it myself very much but my husband and a lot of other people I know did. I don’t think he was perfect at it (and the school he went to was not pushing for perfection), but it helped him to write out our wedding invitations in a very elegant handwriting, although it was not calligraphy per se. My only experience was in college, in the Medieval English class, and the professor was not pushing for perfection either, it was just to get the taste.

]]> By: Erica http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3667 Erica Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:27:06 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3667 Oh my goodness... I took calligraphy in college, and it was so hard for me. I'm a lefty, and not only are the pens angled for righties, but I drag my hand across everything and smear it. I used to have to write rows of letters over and over and over, and then the teacher would maybe circle ONE of them and say, "That one's good." !! I guess that could have been considered an exercise in discipline -- the spankings will continue until the letters are perfect. -- Erica Oh my goodness… I took calligraphy in college, and it was so hard for me. I’m a lefty, and not only are the pens angled for righties, but I drag my hand across everything and smear it. I used to have to write rows of letters over and over and over, and then the teacher would maybe circle ONE of them and say,
“That one’s good.” !! I guess that could have been considered an exercise in discipline — the spankings will continue until the letters are perfect. — Erica

]]> By: Amber http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3660 Amber Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:37:23 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3660 Also, if you go to a Waldorf School, you do caligraphy - it's actually good for you. It's hard for me to think of it as an instrument of discipline. Also, if you go to a Waldorf School, you do caligraphy – it’s actually good for you. It’s hard for me to think of it as an instrument of discipline.

]]> By: Remus http://adelehaze.com/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-3642 Remus Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:39:13 +0000 http://adelehaze.com/2006/11/14/pens-and-ink-as-instruments-of-discipline/#comment-3642 I actually used these in real life - The middle school I attended during the Seventies had some really old fashioned teachers. Some lessons you could only use a fountain pen, but the teacher who we had for History and Geography used to make us use the dip pens. There were also appointed "Ink Monitors" who were charged with the responsibility of ensuring everyone's Ink Wells were topped up. Those were great times, although we didn't think so at the time. I'm glad I experienced that world before it disappeared. I actually used these in real life – The middle school I attended during the Seventies had some really old fashioned teachers. Some lessons you could only use a fountain pen, but the teacher who we had for History and Geography used to make us use the dip pens. There were also appointed “Ink Monitors” who were charged with the responsibility of ensuring everyone’s Ink Wells were topped up. Those were great times, although we didn’t think so at the time. I’m glad I experienced that world before it disappeared.

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