Leave Your Mark

Name: Leave Your Mark
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783721209983
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The Pleasure of Writing by Hand

By Monica Dengo

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Leave Your Mark by Monica Dengo explores the significance of handwriting as one of humanity's greatest cultural achievements. In a world dominated by digital communication, the book highlights scientific evidence on the cognitive benefits of writing by hand. Dengo, an acclaimed calligrapher, invites readers who have drifted away from pen and paper to rediscover the creative and expressive potential of handwriting. The book combines well-founded research with colourful, inspiring exercises to help readers develop a personal and visually pleasing handwriting style, emphasising handwriting as a meaningful form of self-expression beyond simple transcription.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for anyone interested in the arts and culture of handwriting, from beginners wanting to improve their penmanship to those seeking a deeper understanding of writing as a creative and cognitive activity. It appeals to readers who appreciate a structured yet inspiring approach, including educators, artists, and those looking to reconnect with the craft of handwriting.

Based on scientifically proven methods for cognitive activities, this title discovers and promotes the creative potential of handwriting--and how to put it into practice right away on the pages of the book.book.

Based on scientifically proven methods for cognitive activities, this title discovers and promotes the creative potential of handwriting – and to put it into practice right away on the pages of the book.

Description

Although handwriting is one of mankind's greatest cultural achievements, written communication today means mostly typing into computers and mobile devices. However, scientists stress that the brain benefits from writing by hand. The author, an acclaimed calligrapher and teacher of penmanship, addresses herself to all those who don't even use pen and paper for their shopping lists, but would like to try it (again).

Based on scientifically proven methods for cognitive activities, Leave Your Mark discovers and promotes the creative potential of handwriting — and encourages readers to put it into practice right away on the pages of the book. Well-founded and very colourful, inspiring and yet structured: at the end, there is the joy of expressing oneself by means of a personal mark, in a form that is even pleasant to look at.

Furthermore, there is also the understanding that handwriting is much more than just the graphic transcription of language, going to the origin of the need for expression.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783721209983

Publisher: Niggli Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 November 2019

Country: Switzerland

Imprint: Niggli Verlag

Illustration: 300 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 620g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Monica Dengo Non-Fiction

About the Author

Monica Dengo is an internationally ac-claimed calligrapher and teacher of hand-writing and penmanship. After studying graphic design in Italy she continued her education in London and San Francisco. She has developed an easy-to-learn cursive writing model that embodies the essence of years spent teaching adults and children. Dengo is the author of the website scrittu-racorsiva.it/en and founder of the associa-tion SMED that promotes the knowledge and good practices of handwriting as a crucial component of cultural literacy in the digital age.