Vardathon
Criterion’s COMPLETE FILMS OF AGNÈS VARDA has arrived. Vardathon will commence at some point in the not-too-distant future though, in reality, more likely than not the next time there’s snow on the ground. But still, she has arrived.
ēnsso PIUMA fountain pen
While I've long been a Lamy devotee (the AL-Star with a fine point nib is my go-to), I'm always looking – often in spite of myself - for the next object of devotion. While I can't recall where and/or how I happened upon ēnsso’s PIUMA pen, billed as
it's come the closest of recent efforts to evoking that devotion – and in a relatively short amount of time: despite my lacking-in-detail photo above (I'm never giving up my XR, not until it gives up on me), it's truly a beautiful pen.
A few things, though, have given me pause.
One, it's heavy and wears out my increasingly arthritic hands. Anything but its translated namesake.
Two, it's a bit scratchier than I'm used to – but then again, Lamys are notorious for being a much wetter pen; I haven't tried other inks with the PIUMA. I did, however, use one of JetPens’s best tips for getting a scratchy pen to write – making a writing a bunch of eights on a paper bag to polish the nib – and it’s definitely helped.
Three, that it's designed to NOT be posted throws me a bit. I have to stop and remind myself to put the cap down someplace that a.) I'll remember and b.) that Kirby won't get ahold of it - both being easier said than done.
Want to give it a few more days for acclimation and try out different inks before rendering judgement. That said, I'm optimistic as to its chances at devotional evocation.
shelves
(Have you read all of them? / I don't understand the question.)
Metric – FORMENTERA
The latest album from one of my favorite bands doesn’t disappoint: from the hum and the haze of “Doomscroller,” the hypnotic 10-minute opener, to the beauty of the final song, “Paths In the Sky,” FORMENTERA is an unpredictable delight. Will be on repeat for awhile.
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