A Great Pen: The Writer's Best Tool
He is about 4 inches long, and his skin is cool to the touch and smooth like the perfect skin on a great homemade pudding. When I hold him and move him gently from left to right, I don’t feel him hesitate or pause; my fingers do not fatigue. It is almost like floating.
Uni-Ball Vision. That’s all I have to say.
My students often snicker (usually quietly because it’s the first day and they don’t yet trust me) when I tell them they should get a pen that they can write with easily. They don’t yet know the difference in feel and stamina that shows when you use a ballpoint pen and then move to something with a smooth, soft arc. A good pen can be the difference between jotting off the bare minimum and crafting something full and luscious, like a ripe peach.
Today I opened up a 10-pack (a Costco bargain) of Uni-Ball Vision pens. A friend got them for me on my last birthday, and I just found them again in a bag in the barn, sitting in storage since I moved home when Mom was sick. As I slid out these lovely, almost weightless tubes, something in my shoulders shifted loose. Ah, finally, the tool I wanted most to do my work, here, cool in my warm fingers.
So it’s not something minor, at least not for me, to have a pen I love in my hands. It frees up my voice because it frees my hand. All snickering aside, there’s power in the pen.
Apparently others agree. Check out these other great “pen-related” blogs:
Executive Essentials Pen Blog
“15 Best and Worst Office Pens Ever”
