NATIONAL HANDWRITING DAY
Express Yourself Through Handwriting on National Handwriting
Day
The art of
handwriting is one of the few ways we can uniquely express ourselves. There’s
something poetic about grasping a writing instrument and feeling it hit the
papers your
thoughts flow through your fingers and pour into words.
So, the Writing
Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA)
suggests you
take advantage of National Handwriting Day on January 23and use a pen
or a pencil to rekindle that creative feeling through a handwritten note, poem, letter or
journal entry.
Handwriting
allows us to be artists and individuals during a time when we often use
computers, faxes and e-mail to communicate. Fonts are the
same no matter what computer you use or how you use it. Fonts lack a
personal touch.
Handwriting can
add intimacy to a letter and reveal details about the writer’s personality.
Throughout history, handwritten documents have sparked love affairs, started
wars, established peace, freed slaves, created movements and declared
independence.
"Though
computers and e-mail play an important role in our lives,
nothing will
ever replace the sincerity and individualism expressed through the handwritten
word," said David H. Baker, WIMA's Executive Director.
The purpose of
National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of
handwriting. According to
WIMA, National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore
the purity and power of handwriting.
WIMA sponsors
National Handwriting Day every January 23in conjunction
with John Hancock’s birthday. Hancock was the
first to sign the Declaration of Independence and is famous
for his large, bold signature.
The Writing
Instrument Manufacturers Association is a national trade association covering
$4.5-billion industry of pen, pencil and marker manufacturers.
