The physical writing of words on paper is a calming exercise like the calm you get from doing calligraphy. The careful hand/mind exercise is a mental tranquillizer, and I often looked forward to the times I could find to sit down and practice the skill. Many times I stayed up late writing the letters in my solitude. Both the calligraphy and the left hand writing must massage some nephrons somewhere under the skullcap.
Shinichi Suzuki, the founder of the Suzuki Method of Music Instruction, was also fond of writing calligraphy. He claimed that though he was
“not a calligrapher, I nevertheless try to improve my writing… cannot tell [you] how much satisfaction I get out of this work and how wonderful the repetition feels.”
(More recently, I have been writing Both-Handed Thoughts on the computer.)
Suggested Exercises
1.Write down those things you read or hear or watch on TV that strike a resonant note, a reverberant effect in your mind.
2.Quote something from a magazine, a story or a newspaper that irritates you or makes you marvel over.
Become aware of the sources of influence and information in your life. These are the influences that help you articulate your idea-patterns. Have you noticed how they are forming your thoughts? Are you consciously or subconsciously absorbing them? And is this because you agree with them or because they are imposed on you?
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