Do you remember the last time you actually put pen to paper to hand-write a letter or a postcard for someone? Yeah, me neither. Oh sure, I’m “writing” to other people all the time these days. But how much meaning really can be convened through a text, email, or tweet compared to, say, a few thought out paragraphs scripted upon a piece of paper?
To be sure, there’s an art to creating a perfectly to-the-point text, a well-drafted email, or superbly succinct tweet. Still, what are we, as literate beings, losing in exchange for such sped up and immediate digital interaction? Are hand-written letters and postcards relevant at all anymore?
Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
