Today we want to share with you a touching talk about something that is particularly interesting for many Postcrossers: the lost art of letter-writing.
The speaker is Lakshmi Pratury and she shares her view on the importance of (hand-)writing in an age of technology; how writing has created a special bond between her and her father that no technology would be able to.
We felt really inspired after watching it and we hope you will to.
For a high quality version or for subtitles in many languages, visit this page.
9 comments so far
What an inspiring message.
Thank you for sharing, stirring video.
What a beautifully motivating message. Thank you for sharing.
I'm leaving a legacy of postcards for our kids. Since they were born, I have written them cards. Telling them I love them and am proud of them. Where we've been, and what we've done. I also have them write postcards to themselves! Even before they could write, they drew a picture on their card. My husband also writes them postcards from is travels with work.
I have a few postcards that my grandfather wrote to me when I was around 5 years old. He talked about fishing and snow. They are some of my favorite cards. (Yes, I have many favorites :-)
I love what the lady said about leaving a legacy for the next generation that is written. Very very important.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video
That is beautiful. My mother exchanged letters with her eldest brother for over 40 years continuing when he emigrated to Australia. Unfortunately, I can't see myself writing regulare letters to my brother. However I do like writing letters to penfriends (mostly with thanks to Postcrossing).
Thanks for sharing! We need to keep the hand writting alive!!
So true!
I hug and keep well every single written word I found from my parents after they died early and there are a few postcards under it. They are so special to me and I hope, my children will also remind how I enjoyed writing. Thank you for sharing!
I'm absolutely impressed by her speech.
Now I thought about the thing that me and my friends used to write letters to each other in our childhood. Now they're a great memento of these young, naive, happy days.
I hope our habit won't die now, when we have much less time.
Thanks for sharing! However, I have to say that I disagree - I don't think that letter-writing is a lost art at all. I'd agree that there are less people doing it than before, but when I started penpalling again, I was surprised to find so many dedicated letter writers out there. Young people too! I think they're just hiding, or it's not as obvious as people who tweet or connect via facebook etc. It's a quiet, private hobby that doesn't attract attention to itself. That might be why people think that it's a lost art!