Comments on: Revolutionary Reading: The Pencil. http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/ Pencil Philosophy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:19:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: humdog http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1396 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:12:17 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1396 petroski's book is a great book. i saw him on the today show shortly after it was published. he came with a bunch of pencils and it seemed that the host didn't know what to make of him. when i used to teach, i would assign it as a textbook in the humanities, because i thought it was GREAT cultural history about something everybody knows about. petroski’s book is a great book. i saw him on the today show shortly after it was published. he came with a bunch of pencils and it seemed that the host didn’t know what to make of him. when i used to teach, i would assign it as a textbook in the humanities, because i thought it was GREAT cultural history about something everybody knows about.

]]> by: Christopher Meisenzahl http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1391 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:00:59 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1391 Nice post, I've been meaning to read that book for a couple years but never get to it. Nice post, I’ve been meaning to read that book for a couple years but never get to it.

]]> by: Pencil Revolution http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1386 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:22:04 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1386 I find that, with this book, I am armed with very good history and trivia for parties and chance meetings with strangers who ask about the unknown-to-them orance pencil sticking out of my pocket. I find that, with this book, I am armed with very good history and trivia for parties and chance meetings with strangers who ask about the unknown-to-them orance pencil sticking out of my pocket.

]]> by: steve L. http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1384 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:43:18 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1384 Last I checked Pearl and other art supply stores, and book stores as well, have a wide variety of books devoted to sketching and drawing with pencil. Making a pencil is complex and Petroski's book covers that well. Using a pencil is simple. A manual is not required.... Last I checked Pearl and other art supply stores, and book stores as well, have a wide variety of books devoted to sketching and drawing with pencil. Making a pencil is complex and Petroski’s book covers that well. Using a pencil is simple. A manual is not required….

]]> by: Shane http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1383 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1383 Petroski’s book is one of my favorites. Definitely a great read for a pencil fan. Then when people ask about your pencil fascination, you have the historical and scientific information to wow them. Petroski’s book is one of my favorites. Definitely a great read for a pencil fan. Then when people ask about your pencil fascination, you have the historical and scientific information to wow them.

]]> by: sid http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1381 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:50:53 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1381 Well, i did like the Petroski book, but, like you, I am more interested in the social and philosophical aspects of pencil use. well, maybe someone on this board with the training in the social sciences andhumanities ought to look at pencils and write about how and why humans use pencils, and what the results are. BTW, I queried a few students at the Univ of michigan's Creative Writing MFA program, and unfortunately, most of them told me that they use the computer keyboard exclusively!!!! Well, i did like the Petroski book, but, like you, I am more interested in the social and philosophical aspects of pencil use. well, maybe someone on this board with the training in the social sciences andhumanities ought to look at pencils and write about how and why humans use pencils, and what the results are.
BTW, I queried a few students at the Univ of michigan’s Creative Writing MFA program, and unfortunately, most of them told me that they use the computer keyboard exclusively!!!!

]]> by: Slywy http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1375 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:33:53 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1375 Synergy? I saw this in a bookstore the other day and meant to e-mail you about it. Speaking of books and pencils, in the first Claudine book, Colette mentions pencils quite a bit, and comments several times on their smell. I still feel silly that all these years I thought the smell came from the graphite, never thinking it was the wood. Synergy? I saw this in a bookstore the other day and meant to e-mail you about it.

Speaking of books and pencils, in the first Claudine book, Colette mentions pencils quite a bit, and comments several times on their smell.

I still feel silly that all these years I thought the smell came from the graphite, never thinking it was the wood.

]]> by: etat http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1374 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:35:21 +0000 http://www.pencilrevolution.com/2006/04/revolutionary-reading-the-pencil/#comment-1374 I thoroughly enjoyed Petroski's book when I found it in the early 90s, but felt that it needed a counterpart devoted to the discussion of how pencils have been used, and how to use them. What I was really after what the vocabulary of different pencilists, so that I too could develop techniques of stroke, pressure, rotation and whatever else someone cared to explain. I haven't seen such a book, and would not be the person to write it. Perhaps a cross-section of PR readers would be interested in contributing tips and terminologies for they ways they use their pencils.... I thoroughly enjoyed Petroski’s book when I found it in the early 90s, but felt that it needed a counterpart devoted to the discussion of how pencils have been used, and how to use them. What I was really after what the vocabulary of different pencilists, so that I too could develop techniques of stroke, pressure, rotation and whatever else someone cared to explain. I haven’t seen such a book, and would not be the person to write it. Perhaps a cross-section of PR readers would be interested in contributing tips and terminologies for they ways they use their pencils….

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