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Kelly Trost's avatar

Hi Shalini!

I loved this. What a unique and creative topic!

I like your perspective and enthusiasm about the invention, age, usage and more of ink. Where would any of us be if not for ink? I don't mean simply writers, of course. I don't need to tell you this. I'm simply agreeing. Humanity would not have evolved as it has. It couldn't have.

Wonderful writing, as always.

Shalini's avatar

Yes I can imagine! You see the funny side of everything. It’s such a blessing!

Kelly Trost's avatar

Hi Shalini!

I hope that sometimes when I laugh for reasons no one else understands - and this can be a strength or a weakness, depending…) I cause no offense. I feel quite secure with you, you know my overly developed sense of humor. But please steer me back into my lane if I ever become inappropriate or accidentally hurtful. I would NEVER want that. And remember also, please, that not once am I ever laughing at you or your work. Usually just at my stupid plays on words and silly things.

I hope you’re having a beautiful day!

Shalini's avatar

Thank you Kelly. I think I do understand you well enough to not need that explanation. Have a good day!

Shalini's avatar

Thank you so much Kelly. The most important point that I tried to make is that we also make impressions in our mind like ink that stays on with us for ever. So, we can make deliberate impressions instead of those that we make without thinking too much about them, like the ones we make when we get upset with some people, and store away as permanent impressions that “so and so is such and such” without carefully examining our own thoughts and feelings that led to such impressions. Whether they were valid assumptions, whether it was based on inductive or deductive reasoning and so on. Because once they are formed, they are hard to erase or write over.

Kelly Trost's avatar

I’m laughing out loud, still. My sense of humor can be so ridiculous!

Kelly Trost's avatar

I do see your point. And I thank you for pointing it out (no pun intended but, yeah, that’s kind of funny) because I did kind of miss the point. Thank you for explaining it to me. It’s a great point! (I’m sorry, can’t help myself!) (I wish my emojis were functioning. I might have you rolling on the floor by now!)

AsukaHotaru's avatar

The ink sticking to paper for the life of it~ I like how stubborn it is, all quiet and permanent, like it signed a tiny contract with the page and refuses to gossip about it~

Shalini's avatar

Haha! Yes! That’s how our thoughts cling to us, refusing to let go even after we realize how wrong we were to come up with them. And every time we have to try to write over the impressions we already made until that becomes completely written over and that becomes a task we didn’t ask for.