In the era of thumb dexterity and emoji literacy taking pride of place in the common rhetorical arsenal, the notion of teaching children beautiful handwriting (which is the literal etymological meaning of “calligraphy”) might strike many as quaint, even obsolete. Why bother with ink and paper when voice-to-text and predictive algorithms handle the drudgery of expression? Yet, this dismissal overlooks how foundational and deeply human the act of writing is; beautiful handwriti

There are a number of memories of books from my childhood that stand out to me with a clarity of impression, as if they were almost mystical experiences. I remember reading the part in Voyage of the Dawn Treader  when Lucy discovers Coriakin’s Book of Incantations; I was absolutely capitivated by the description of this magic book, with its crisp pages and rich illuminations that seemed to move and come to life. I recall the furtive excitement of Ged opening the forbidden spe