Write On! Engaging ones brain through handwriting.
Also, I recently found out I am not a "boomer" but a member of Generation Jones (1954-1965)--suddenly some things in my life made more sense.
The decision to put work/school/social events online seems more nefarious all the time. Have I mentioned how much I loathe the Epstein Class?
Ihtesham Ali@ihtesham2005
A Norwegian neuroscientist spent 20 years proving that the act of writing by hand changes the human brain in ways typing physically cannot, and almost nobody outside her field has read the paper.
Her name is Audrey van der Meer.
She runs a brain research lab in Trondheim, and
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I type a lot, obviously, but I also engage my brain with handwriting. I also try and use my non-dominant hand (left) to write at times—one really needs to stop and think about it.
What do you think:
More information on Generation Jones
Supersonic Redhead🛫@Supersonic_Red
There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones.
And honestly, it explains a lot.
We grew up in a world that still felt
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Hopefully, something to make you smile, or even chuckle a bit:
Adrenalin Patlaması@adrenaIinIendnz
Beklenti ve Gerçekler... 😂
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Does being born in 55 mean I have a Jones 4 Peace Cindy?
Totally agree about handwriting. I write letters every day and solely use fountain pens, because I love the feel and flow. I don't love cursive personally, but it is coming back in schools in my state, so the teachers are going to have to be trained, lol. There are more modern styles of joined handwriting that could work better than the outdated Palmer Method. I need to try the nondominant hand thing, great idea.
My spouse wrote about Generation Jones in his punk rock book and has researched the influence of music, particularly early punk, on this generation.