My Writing Technology

I have never given a lot of thought to the luxury we have as writers, in this era of technology. After reflecting on the history of writing, it is obvious that there are many things we take for granted, which are incredibly basic to our daily life. This project made me remember a time in elementary school when a teacher punished a fellow student by requiring the student to write an essay about "the pencil". I now realize that the pencil is actually a very interesting topic.
After a couple weeks of brainstorming, I have come up with the pieces of "primitive" writing technology that I will use for our first writing project. I initially wanted to use wood blocks, but that would require a lot of extra technology to produce a surface conducive to writing. I decided, instead, to look around my backyard and in my mother's garden. There I found a white, gigantic "moon flower", and while it is delicate, it is a very unique and transportable surface to write on. My next mission was to decide on a writing utensil. I thought about using something as simple as my finger, but then I came upon a feather and was reminded that feathers were at one time a primary writing tool. Finally, I decided that the best thing to use to make the writing will be crushed berries, which were also at one time a major part of the writing and dye process. I am really excited to share the results of what I have completed and I have a much greater appreciation for the technology we have today, after doing the research for this project.