[Porsche-O-Phile]

Today’s society is all about quantity, not quality. Too much “engineering” and practicality and pure efficiency used as the barometer of value and not enough expression, beauty, style or elegance.

For one, I don’t mind if something takes longer if it adds what I call “soul capital” - in other words it’s something that gets noticed and appreciated or sparks interest or conversation. Those things matter - it’s not only about what can be quantified or subjected to metrics.

I remember hand-lettering drawings but don’t often get the chance to do it. Occasionally on field sketches, etc. (and yes, I still sketch by hand too even though most people today would use some app or widget). I find it communicative and reasonably fast / efficient too - it’s not about being a Luddite, it’s about having a way to communicate ideas in more than one way.