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Submitted by klarimer on June 5, 2012 - 9:41am

When you get right down to it, writing is (or used to be) all about putting marks on a piece of paper. And while there are plenty of inspiring photographs [2] and videos [3] celebrating the typewriter, this clip of John Mottishaw writing with a custom fountain pen (using an ink called Iroshizuku Tsuki-uo Night Sky, or Greenish Deep Blue) is oddly captivating. (The writing starts at about the 1:58 mark.)

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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/pen_to_paper [2] http://www.photographyblogger.net/20-vintage-typewriter-pictures/ [3] http://www.pw.org/content/quotthe_typewriterquot_by_leroy_anderson