16/08/2026
As hand writing skills decline, the evidence is mounting that this loss goes way beyond a skills deficit ...
"Like many spiritual practices, writing a letter calls for an elevated level of presence and patience, from composing it, to sending it in the mail, to awaiting its arrival. Since many of us are accustomed to immediate gratification and lightning-fast responses, it can feel uncomfortable, maybe a little threatening, to slow down and focus undivided attention on what you’re communicating to someone in the way that a letter invites you to do. But the beauty of letter-writing is that what you say matters less than the act of writing itself – I believe the ritual is the remedy. Putting pen to paper plugs us into the present tense."
Handwritten letters seem like a remnant of pre-online life, but they connect us to ourselves and each other like nothing else
