Ink on Paper in a Pixelated World: Why Fountain Pens Still Capture My Heart in 2025
So, here we are in 2025. AI is doing everything, from writing our emails to, supposedly, driving our cars (still waiting on that one, to be honest!). It's easy, in all this digital craziness, to forget the simple pleasures, the tangible ones. That's where fountain pens come in, for me at least. They're a little island of analog bliss in a sea of digital demands. But this isn't just about putting words on paper, it's about reclaiming something inherently human: the fulfillment of creative work done by our own hand. I'm talking about the feeling of it, the connection you make with the act of writing itself. And in our world of instant everything, the deliberate, almost meditative act of writing with a fountain pen is a welcome change of pace. It's a chance to slow down, to breathe, and to reconnect with something real and deeply personal. In a way, picking up a fountain pen, dipping its nib into a beautiful violet ink, and letting it glide on quality paper...