And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I can't help but wonder whether or not he's doing his fine pieces on velum instead of paper. Velum lends itself much better both in terms of capturing and holding the ink and it lasts for thousands of years rather than paper, which can be quite fickle even if you're going for heavy, acid free papers.
Simply beautiful. My late Grandfather used to write in almost perfect copperplate handwriting which I cannot imitate. I have two of his letters to my Mother, they are art as well as communication.
That is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but wonder whether or not he's doing his fine pieces on velum instead of paper. Velum lends itself much better both in terms of capturing and holding the ink and it lasts for thousands of years rather than paper, which can be quite fickle even if you're going for heavy, acid free papers.
ReplyDeleteWay, way cool.
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMy late Grandfather used to write in almost perfect copperplate handwriting which I cannot imitate. I have two of his letters to my Mother, they are art as well as communication.