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The simple power of going back to the typewriter
How going back to analog processes may help you reconnect.
In a world that can’t slow down, we’re arguably more disconnected than ever.
Continual pings distract us.
Social media calls for our attention.
Digital devices, which were designed to speed us up, equally, stagnate our creativity.
As the world becomes more obsessed with the digital world, this is a time when stepping back, slowing down, and reconnecting with analog processes is more critical than ever.
The lost rawness of creativity
Recently I started writing poetry.
It wasn’t something I ever imagined doing. But after quitting social media and beginning a daily meditation practice, the words started flowing through me.
Creating that poetry on my computer or phone though, just doesn’t work. Putting pen to physical paper, typing patiently on a vintage Craftmatic — these feel just right.
Why? There’s something to the rawness, the doing with your hands, and the unforgiving nature that feeds creativity and uniqueness.
Digitization, on the other hand, forces uniformity, corrects quickly, and…
