The Dailies

Word of the Day

Disputatious (adj., DIS-pew-TAY-schuss)

Fond of arguments or inclined to disagree. Politicians. Talk show hosts. Hockey fighters. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The New York Jets. Academics. Twenty-something males. Border patrol. Pet store owners (when someone tries to return an ex-parrot). Vizzini. The internet. Everyone.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

What a master penman looks like

There are twelve "master penmen" in the entire world. Jacob Weidmann is one of them. He is the youngest. This is what his work looks like:

The gif is impressive but it doesn't do his work justice. Not only is Weidmann's level of pen control exceptional, his artistic sense can be seen in some of the mixed medium art in this video:

I was never good at penmanship so this floors me. How does he never smudge anything? And how is everything so insanely perfect? Just a reminder that there are people who will always be better than you at everything.

VideoArtPenmanshipMasters of craftCrazy talentFocus and precision