Anyway, I'm sure nobody who reads this blog wants to comb through my mental debris so I'll let you know something that may interest some of you. I'm getting myself a TYPEWRITER! Okay so I have wanted to get one for the longest time but wasn't able to find it in my city but now I finally know where I can get it from and next week I shall be typing away from the ultimate writing machine of the 1800s.
I think my love for typewriters and other vintage items stems from a fascination with bygone eras, very much like Owen Wilson's longing to belong to the early 1900s in Midnight in Paris. Something about the fantasy-nostalgist theme of this movie made me wonder how incredible it would be to personally know these writers from almost a century ago who are now considered literary Gods. What insecurities had they faced in regards to their writing? Self doubts? The extent of their passion? I want to know everything about them!
I can't jump back in time but I can own something that was used by them, and so, using a typewriter is my way of getting a little closer to the writers I've admired all my life.
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I hope,you get oneself soonn:)S
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ReplyDeleteThis is why I like ur blog! Ur love for books, literature and things that are dying away! A typewriter I say! Good luck. :)
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brilliant. My nana used to have one and I used to type on it like crazy. The tick jig sound of the keys used to mesmerise me :P But one day I broke its ribbon while tightening it up for dark fonts :D
ReplyDeletei love that sound too!
DeleteCool! My dad has a typewriter in his office that they rarely use and I used to love typing on it! I loved listening to the sounds that it would make.. :D
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