✏️ Before the apocalypse, before the algorithms… there was the pencil. In a quiet German factory, Faber-Castell performs a ritual older than electricity: transforming graphite and cedar into tools of imagination. In our latest feature at Mind on Fire Books, we explore the strangely poetic world of pencil-making—and why analog still matters in the digital age.
Read on to discover why the pencil isn’t just a relic… it’s a revolution in waiting.
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Published on July 02, 2025 07:41