I was thinking why handwriting is read so differently than on-line type and have decided it has something to do with how in handwritten notes we not only share words but the shape of our thoughts. ‘Blue monkey’ typed, is a series of letters, identical no matter who types it. But write ‘blue monkey’ by hand and I have a better idea of what your particular blue monkey might look like.

I thought I’d invented the idea of ‘blue monkey’, but apparently not—
—thank you, google…