Sensory Input

Writing in longhand feels different to writing on a keyboard. It’s like swimming versus running – both activities are aerobic, but they use a whole different set of muscles.

It’s also a reminder that the act of creation is a sensual thing. That’s easy to forget, when you’re swimming so deep in the words that you unzipyourself entirelyfrom the physical world. Yetthis simpletruth remains: however far you fly into the zone, the practical umbilicus ofyour chosen medium – pen, paper, typewriter,la...