One of these days

[…] One of these days by Sabiscuit – A beautiful poem by my friend Sabiscuit – as usual she has a wonderful way of expressing thoughts, a way I never would think of, and a way that always makes me smile. But what I really love about this creation is how she includes her actual handwritten version of the poem, as in ink on paper. She has an illustration and highlights some phrases as well. I have always loved handwriting, perhaps because I always wished mine were just a little bit more like the way I envisioned it should be. The physical lines, varying widths, decisions about spacing of the letters, how many words go on a line, how to indent each line, whether to drop some letters down below the line or not – all these things are small representations and reflections of the author. And I’m not speaking in terms of psycho-analysis, to somehow determine that a person takes wild risks or resents their mother based on how you write your lowercase “i”‘s. It’s simply another connection point with the author – like when you see Beethoven’s handwritten original compositions with his annotations, or when I read the flight log of my grandfather from the 1940’s when he was training in the Navy. I love that Sabiscuit shared this part of herself along with her – or, more correctly, as part of – her composition. It challenges me to see how I could do something similar. […]

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