Placing pen on paper or thoughts on a keyboard are two different experiences. The flow of the almighty pen is an ultimate experience. The pen appears to aid the flow of thoughts. As against this, the keyboard provides an obstacle as the search for the characters on the keyboard vies for a priority over the flow of thoughts. The mind refuses to give in and races ahead. This brings in a larger gap between the fingers and the mind. The experience of the typists or the GenX and GenY may be different as these generations breathe life through gadgets.
The communication between a close friend who lost his only child and yours truly is frozen in time. The memories of the days when we would attempt to emulate to men of letters. Correspondences which used to zoom in and out of our pens were known for their emotional and factual contents. The postal department had to keep pace with the correspondences that were exchanged. Some of these would run into a few pages in a scrawl that would have put a seasoned medical practitioner to shame. The responses used to be in a neat and well spaced precise communique. The passage of time ensured that the flight of letters between us became spaced. The advent of the telephone ensured an end to this unique custom that was in force for a large part of a decade.
Last year ensured that even the chat over the phone got replaced by messages. This did not reduce in any way the bond we shared. On the day of grief, we shared mute expressions which spoke in volumes. Days have passed but the communication through expressions remain etched in the mind. As an attempt is made to put pen to paper, yours truly finds no words. The thought arose as to whether those correspondences existed. They existed and today we correspond through unspoken and unwritten thoughts.
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