The Enchantment of the Fountain Pen

May 19, 2013 at 8:19 pm (Uncategorized) (, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , )

The elegance of the fountain pen lies chiefly in its apparent simplicity. Its point, a simple gap in metal, everything else tidily put away in its body.

It is like a drop of ink, transferred to paper by creative thought.

Ink.

It is not in a fountain pen where the writing lies, i realize, nor in the water of the ink.

It is the pigment that shows the word; and in knowing that, the means of transferring it to the page becomes irrelevant.

It does not matter if a diamond is transferred from place to place by bus or plane – its value remains the same.

Be it from fountain pen, pencil or chalk, diluted, old – it is in its nature to color the creativity of man, making it visible to the world.

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