It is never too late to learn something new or learn a new hobby. With advanced technology taking over our lives, slowly but certainly, we are losing sight of what is really important to us – to upgrade our cognitive abilities by learning new things. But then the question arises, what should we learn and how should we learn?
To answer this question, let’s get back to our basics. The best way to learn something new is by reading and writing, and if you have noticed; notebooks and planners are among the favorite items being sold at bookstores, and calligraphy workshops are also creating a buzz with those who desire to learn something new. This cancels out the common misbelief that the art of calligraphy is a staple of primary education, that you used to believe in your younger days.
But, why calligraphy? Because as humans, we have been writing from the day we first started making sense of this world – the act of writing, whether calligraphy or handwriting offers many advantages. In this article, we will be discussing the benefits of learning along with calligraphy. Let’s find out!
A Way to Increase Your Focus
As soon as you’ll start learning calligraphy, you will find that calligraphy is therapeutic and relaxing. This results in enhancing your mental focus on any task you overtake. This is because when you are trying hard to give your best efforts in learning calligraphy, it helps you to build more focus. With each stroke on your calligraphy practice sheets, you will find that it soothes your body and relaxes your mind.
The more you practice, your mind starts to forget about the insignificant problems of your life. Hence making it a great activity for relaxing your mind and relieving you of any mental stress.
It Helps Develop Your Motor Skills and Broadens Your Mental Reserves
When you are learning calligraphy, you need to put special emphasis on how to use a pen to create each stroke of the letter as perfect as possible. This activates the motor areas of your brain, which is a part of your cerebral cortex, the basal ganglia, and cerebellum – at the same time, it activates other important portions of your brain.
Many studies have shown that children learn the spelling of a word much faster when they are writing the word out by hand. This is why now it is a well-known fact that learning calligraphy and handwriting are an important part of developing your motor skills and increasing your memory reserves.
You Don’t Have to Spend a Fortune to Learn Calligraphy
The first thought that comes to mind when trying to learn a new thing – how much money do I have to spend? However, when it comes to calligraphy no other skill learning would be as inexpensive as this one. To practice calligraphy, you’ll need a pen, a nib, ink, and calligraphy practice sheets. Simply put, no other skill learning would be as economical and beneficial as calligraphy.
The Bottom-Line
Learning new things in life can extensively improve the quality of your life – and not every hobby has to be an expensive affair. That said, you can improve your memory and cognitive skills with the art of calligraphy.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Pinstripe Magazine. Creative thinker and menswear designer who has been writing articles dedicated to men’s fashion, lifestyle, luxury items, home design, gear, grooming and gadgets since 1998. For info on PinstripeMag, any editorial needs or to contact me please email at marv@pinstripemag.com.
