I prefer to write in red ink, I take calligraphy seriously when taking notes, printed exactly with intense focus.
It is a art that died out in the west with the rise of print, but we used to hold it in equally high regard as the Japanese still do. It is a excellent psychological practice.
I prefer that brand of the mass produced commercial pens, but have built inkwell pens in the past. I have a design that advances beyond the ballpoint flow, haven’t built it yet as it involves acid etching the tubing under a microscope, have it pour our through pours when pressure is applied- would like to build it and constantly improve over time.
I can’t afford parchment in the size I want right now, the only place you can find enough are blank Torah Scrolls, it is all made from animal hides. I am very impressed in how the modern page, it’s construction and design, uniformed font type, evolved from it. I’ve used receipt paper (thermal paper roll) as it allowed me to do a continuous polygonic succession for a calculation without break for a math problem (too complex for algerbraic expression), it has a lot of potential as a philosophical medium.
By time I’m old, I would like to have a few dozen works like this, unprintable because it is of a continuous design with text interpolated in, and donate them to rare book rooms like at the library of Congress, or other large libraries around the world. It would keep my works from becoming popular, easily accessible, you would have to travel far across the world to find them scattered, designed to last the ages.
I’ve also looked into making my own ink and paper, have a general interest in making cloth paper rolls. We only have one linen book from antiquity though, Etruscan (ironically), so they need to be kept in a desert environment… I’m looking at something far more durable, a material for the paper that doesn’t fade, likewise the ink.
Aristotle wrote his works in Purple (same purple the Catholic church uses for it’s priests), but I prefer a more Roman red, closer to maroon, with a darker, richer hue.

And how often have I quoted the Bible Smears? Hardly any, most people here are deranged idiots who are instantly turned off by the text as they think it somehow oppresses them. I wouldn’t bother with this forum, not a missionary or theologian, I’m quite content knowing I shall go to heaven while the rest of you burn in the fires of hell, no need to rub it in in the meantime by quoting Bible.
