- How are you focused mentally?
- Do you think about other things at the same time?
- Are you focused on the lines, the imaginary half line, the staring points, the previous letter alignment, spacing, what comes next, what will fit on the line, the artistic expression of style, or simply the pure minimal effort required to communicate written thought?
- Do you often find yourself bored and evolving or changing your style of writing as an outlet of secondary creativity along with whatever task is at hand?
- Are you concerned with the impact your writing style has upon others, or are you only concerned with the expansion of your own short/long term memory and usefulness?
- Are you aware of the loose correlation between intellect and handwriting? What does that mean to you personally.
- Are the ergonomics a point of conscious focus?
Trying to understand the question, I’ll try my best.
I don’t really write except for out of necessity at work, maybe taking occasional notes, and writing my meal plans and grocery lists. Most of that is not by hand except for the meal plans on a whiteboard on the fridge.
My mind says what I want to write, slowly enough for my hand to keep up. If I’m typing on a keyboard then it’s closer to a natural speaking speed. My mind doesn’t really wander because I’m either too focused on the physical handwriting, or whizzing through typing up an email.
I don’t really pay attention to how it looks in the moment, but always notice when I’m done writing by hand that it looks almost exactly like it did when I was 5 years old and first learned to write. Bonus if a few letters or words turned out looking accidentally more adult-written, but it’s a fluke. I do pay attention when typing and catch typos in real time, then correct them when I’m done the sentence.
Writing isn’t my outlet. I have other things for that.
Ergonomics aren’t usually a thought unless I was writing something long by hand, which is rare since finishing school.
I tend to lack the patience to make mine nice. It requires a lot of focus. There must be a fundamental difference with people that have very nice natural handwriting. I’m curious what that might be and how others perceive themselves in that space.
Even with graphics on cars and motorcycles I rough sketched in several light strokes before establishing a more solid line. I want to write in a similar way. I almost have a subconscious mindset like each letter should be a draft with revisions or something. I do not have a vision of how I want the letter to look so I just slop something down like a rough draft. Then it is functionally readable, and I can’t easily refine it so I move on.
Maybe it was that day in school when the teacher made me chose what hand to write with. It bugged me so much that neither hand was dominant and no matter how much the teacher insisted that I have a dominant hand, neither felt any different, so eventually she decided for me that I was right handed… and I still have not forgiven her.
That is the moment in school when most of us selected our handedness. That is an impactful moment in life. In terms of competitive sports it may define your potential in many areas. It leads down this path of the psychology of writing.