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Originally Posted by DanaC

As it is with all things. Ideas are now rarely transmitted via papyrus or vellum.

I buy vellum to write with! It's actually my favorite. (and now a rarity) I use my typewriters and pens!I still love a lot of paper. I like rice paper, spongey paper, vellum, oh well, you get the idea! I even use large scrolls of typeable butcher paper...(you have the freedom to cut it to the size you want and it is cheaper than "art paper") I have a prized collection of paper. I think my red suede paper is sexy...I have also decided to take up the art of letter writing again. I e-mail, call, message, etc....but I also find that my correspondence with friends is not as intimate electronically so I am taking up the pen and typewriter again to send messages. I think it's like getting a little present in the mail.

I read a book recently also, that suggests just that (something much like it anyway). The idea is, if you are using a computer (keyboarding) things are going to come out differently than with a pen or other mediums. It will just be different, no better or worse, just different. I think there is a small, or large at times, difference in my communications,writing, and reading; this is dependent on the medium.

I know that I am using different areas of my brain to accomplish the writing or the reading depending on the medium because I have noticed that I am dyslexic (recent find and recent issue). The catch? I am only dyslexic while keyboarding on the computer. It is very specific. I read and write with other sources with no sign of dyslexia but recently I have had to edit everything I keyboard on the computer because when I type it, the letters are rearranged. I find this interesting because I show absolutely no sign of it using other mediums. I think this is connected to the medium, and we may lose something essential in our reading and/or writing if we don't have the variety. It's almost as if a different side of me comes out when I switch mediums.

Ok. Done. See what happens whn you mention vellum? blah blah blah....