Chinese language teaching is increasingly about memorising and repeating sounds and signs, without the meditative beauty that underlies the language. Pronunciation is not a relevant variable in a ...

Describing her “intense irritation” with the tech, the Love Actually actor added: “I write longhand on a pad, because I believe that there is a connection between the brain and the hand. So it’s very ...

New research suggests that the earliest known Chinese characters have possibly been unearthed at the Liu­linxi Neolithic site in Zigui county, Central China's Hubei Province, pushing the origins of ...

A Chinese research team has fully restored a 1,600-year-old romantic poetry scroll with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), showcasing how centuries-old art can be given a digital rebirth and ...

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A custodian of tradition: Handwriting, once so ordinary it scarcely merited thought, is now framed as an act of intention. To ...

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People often credit my good handwriting to my Catholic school education—like a nun with a ruler and a taste for corporal punishment perfected my penmanship. But that’s not why. It’s because of my mom.

Think back to the last time you jotted down a quick note or made a grocery list. Chances are, it wasn’t with pen and paper. Over the past decade, keyboards and screens have quietly replaced ...

In this video, I explain my decision to write my book using pencil and paper instead of my computer. I also discuss the influence of the greatest living writer, Wendell Berry, and the remarkable poet, ...

University of Iowa provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Recently, my 8-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t ...