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Choice of a Font

a short visual storytelling about typing experience
by Arche Pen, 2024

Every time I start to write (type) something with a digital app, I feel a moment of uneasiness when choosing a Font. Do I stick with the default? ... or do a little exploration — trying something new?Each time I drop down that font list, my eyes are overwhelmed by a flood of different forms. Slightly different, but I can understand them. It’s the same language, after all.
So I tried some, but it doesn’t feel right ... Most of the time, I end up going back to the default ones. It just felt more natural to write (type). Maybe it’s because I grew up with them?" As I type letter by letter, the language instantly manifests itself as forms on the screen. As I write (type) and see the same form over and over again, does that make the forms themselves gradually become ingrained in my brain ? "Much like learning a language, but it’s about the form — or what we call as a font. Usually, I don’t think too much about the font itself. Either stay default or pick whatever feels ‘comfortable’ at the moment. But does it affect us in certain ways we’re unaware of? Does it affect how we retain information? our emotion? or even things we haven’t considered? It’s an unsettling thought.Plenty of scientific studies discuss how font design can impact us in different ways. But in the end, it depends on our personal experience with the font itself. We can recognize a language due to its form (font).So in most cases, I use them in variation, depending on the context or purpose. You can find tons of font recommendations out there, each with its own distinct feature. But when it comes to starting a personal digital journal where I write everything down — It feels a bit daunting.I wanted to make it more personal as I would use it for my very own (digital) life." However, writing (typing) in a digital app isn’t the same as hand-writing, where you naturally shape each letter, giving it a personal, organic touch that feels like your own signature. "Fonts can’t replace that feeling ...Sticking to what I’m familiar with, default fonts is the easiest option _ you don't have to think about it, knowing millions of people are familiar with those forms _ familiar yes, but no personality, does it? ... it feels a bit stagnant. Handwriting always has those unpredictable variations that keep it fresh.That’s why experimenting with fonts can help — it’s a way to bring some of that organic, personal feel to the digital space. In the end, a bit of variation can be refreshing, but for most of my writing, the default font feels just right.In the future, who knows?
My ‘font vocabulary’ could grow even more _
A little side exploration that anyone can do.

Act of Writing [Typing]
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When I click on that arrow button, a hundred of words come visible, yet how different each one is, I can still ... read it.
Yet, which one to choose ? So I craft and visualize a story about it _"Choice of a Font"
2024
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Close the Jar (phone) Before You Sleep, But ... What's Your Lid ?

a short visual storytelling about phone and sleep
by Arche Pen, 2024

Do any of you sleep with your phone right next to you? I’m sure a lot of people do. Starting from a moment of silence, a little ‘tingle or noise’ in our mind, and our hands trying to reach the little phone next to us. Thinking it’ll only be a few minutes, … scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll scroll, scroll … Oops… It’s been hours already? And when it happens every time you sleep, you’re tearing yourself up the next day, every single time.

The little ‘tingle or noise’ that your phone’s emitting, keeps us mentally on all the time. Like food in a Jar, when it’s opened, you’re thinking of it, tempted to eat it. And when you’re done, you close the ‘lid’, right?But, what about our phones? We leave it open all the time, we do lock the screen, but it’s still on." When you put it next to you, you can feel it, especially when you’re heavily dependent on it, it’s become part of you. Even when you turn off the notifications, close the screen, the urge to use it lingers on the end tip of your hand. "Simply leaving it and going to sleep, might not be for everyone. So? we should close the Jar (phone), But the problem is that we can't simply turn it off. Unlike PCs, we let our phones on all the time for the sake of others — be it work, relationships, or more — and in most cases, we can’t fully dismiss them.But that doesn’t necessarily mean we use them at bedtime, especially for something unimportant. That’s why we do not turn it off, but we have to figure out a way to turn it off (mentally) — a suitable lid to close the ‘little noise or tingle’ that your phone emits (the jar itself). It’s not a full shutdown, but it works to pause your mind from getting tingled.
But, what is your lid ?

One experiment I tried was wrapping my phone in paper like a gift as a ritual or routine before sleep (a lid to close the jar). The paper covers my phone like paper, and I can write my agenda or reminders on it. When I touch it, it feels like paper. It evokes a certain feeling, like when I use my paperback. It looks nice, and I don’t want to ruin it because I love paper.

Every time I wrap it up, it’s a “good night’s sleep” gift to myself the next day, the future me. It helps me a lot at times. When we look for ways or tips on how people deal with these issues, we may not find what works for us since everyone is different and unique.That’s why we have to find out what works for us—our own way of closing the jar (the lid).
Either we ... put it in a box, tuck it into a book, wrap it in a handkerchief, cover it with something or anything unusual that might work for you. There is no right answer for every situation.It’s a little experiment, a little act to close the jar, and a gift to you who wakes up tomorrow.Something that anyone can try to explore.

Bed Time Story
by And
- - -"Close The Jar (Phone) Before You Sleep, But's What's Your Lid ?"
2024
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Journey with a Broken Hourglass

a short visual storytelling about pouring Time
by Arche Pen, 2024

"
As he wanders lost through the vast desert,
his footprints form a path behind him ...... with every step,
he carries a broken hourglass where sand flows through his hand — pouring out in a thin line, forming a timeline ...... as he walks further,
the path slowly fades away,
eaten by nature itself ...... as he looks further,
no end line is visible to him ...
Yet, with each step, he unknowingly draws a timeline with his foot, forming a line of history that fades away with time itself ...... In the end,
whether he chooses to walk or stop,
the time on his hand still slips away ... "

Poetry of Time
by And
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The image came into my head when my hourglass (I have one) fell on the floor, but luckily it never broke - as I like to carry it around (playing), a blurry image hit me and I started to draw ..."Journey with a Broken Hourglass"
2024
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Nostalgic Sound of Newspaper

a short visual storytelling about a sound from the past
by Arche Pen, 2024

Maybe it’s because we heard it before . . .Somewhere in our past . . .… for some, it might be part of their childhood—just a normal day at home, watching our father, mother, and relatives busy with their newspapers … a piece of the world, stored in our little home, an introduction perhaps _… for some, it might be the scene of society back then… As they walk through the busy cityscape— they can hear the sound of the world, scattered in the air as everyone holds and covers their faces with newspaper… a paper that paints the city's atmosphere ...… for some, it might be part of their old routine — the vivid memory of reading it, touching it, and the sound of holding it in the palm of their hands … a simple routine that connects them to the world back then ..... present at a time, past at the moment ...Despite all memories we associate with — we do miss it.… the crinkling sound …

a sound to listen to ... crafted by TheASMRGirl

Sound of the Past
by And [ Arche Pen ]
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At a time when the world is being spoken by its crinkling sound ..."Nostalgic Sound of Newspaper"
2024
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Words Are Enough For My Screen

a short visual storytelling about digital minimalism
by Arche Pen, 2024

… In a quest to experiment with Digital Minimalism,
I discovered an app that completely changed my entire relationship with my smartphone …It’s a Minimalist User Interface app that turns everything into words.... After using it for over a year,
not only has it reduced my screen time — but it also allows me to open each app
with a crystal—clear awareness …

No more bias nor distraction …

… all those different shapes and colors, It’s been pulling my eyes all over the place …
It’s too much.And can you believe it?
It feels even better when I use it with Laptop at the same time.
As I focus on my heavy work, it stands quietly in the corner, blending with my paper
as what I see is only words.... I have never been this free after all these years ...

Digital Minimalism, a User Experience
by And
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My eyes have never been this free after all these years ..."Words are Enough for My Screen"
2024
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At a Time when Nature speaks as I write

a short visual storytelling about architecture little experience
by Arche Pen, 2024

... One day, at a certain place,
I put a piece of paper on a wooden desk —
eager to immerse myself
in a deep-silence creative process
of brainstorming ...... At the right time and angle,
The light pierces through the roof,
Dances through the branches of the trees,
Manifest itself as a living sculpture of shadow,
Tainting the whiteness of my paper ...

. . . I’m not alone,
the local nature speaks to me —
As I stroke the tip of my pen,
the duet of shadow and light
perform a live show in the background
with my pen as the main actress . . .. . . It’s a little joy,
a small moment at a place,
at a time . . .

Architecture Little Experience
by And
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At the right moment, the paper looks alive ..."At a Time when Nature speaks as I write ..."
2024
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A Room Without Window

a short visual storytelling about loneliness
by Arche Pen, 2024

An absence of a window ...

For some, a window is a privilege
as every piece of certain land is so precious
and everyone tries to fit into it,
no matter what it costs . . .To be awakened by the light,
To be bathed in the warmth of light,
To see our glowing skin, painted by the light,
A window can offer . . .To see the huge world we’re in,
To see the bare reality we’re in,
To feel connected to the society we’re in,
A window can offer . . .For some, it’s just a normal,
mundane thing for them.
But for others, it’s a dream of comfort
and a longing to be in . . .

Thus, they sit alone in a room without a window . . .
Basking in the silence of light without emotion,
Trapped with the time itself,
Forgetting in which part of society they belong to,
Disconnected within, and from the world itself . . .As the screen becomes their window to the world,
To see the scenery of the sun, yet not to feel,
To see the image of society, yet not to bond,
And to feel the time as the number changes . . .
It’s a lonely place to be in . . .

. . .
Yet, just one step out of the room,
To venture as an adventure,
To be drowned in the sea of light,
To walk past the busy part of the world,
. . . It’s a liberating joy to be . . .

Loneliness
by And
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For those with no window ..."A Room Without Window"
2024
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A Final Letter

a short visual storytelling about a Fitting End of the Year
by Arche Pen, 2024

A fitting end for his long journey ...

"
... In the midst of the unknown, in a space of time, a man has walked for so long — following the rhyme of time ... and now, to reach the end of the line, the end of 2024 ...

... With each step, he tainted the emptiness, forming a record of his tale, as the path of paper he walked on has become the written one ... yet to be stored to disappear with the aging of time ...

... As the end is near, he yearns to pass a Final Letter, a conclusion to his long journey, to be remembered, to be a lesson ... for the next one ... in 2025.

... So he traversed the past, to swim through the records, to watch his own written tale as a movie of recollection, to see its beauty and ugliness ...

... Deep down, he wanted to crumple the ugly ones, to cast them away, to let them disappear, and not include them in his final letter, as he wanted it to be a pretty one ... but he saw a future ... a room full of crumpled papers, to be repeated once again ...... So he sits down and writes his Final Letter, to accept everything, a written truth, a message for the future ...

as it’s finally done, he passes it to the next one, and be gone ... forever ...The Final Letter, 2024 "

Ending
by And
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a letter that someone writes at the end of the year, to be passed for the future ...
a lesson to be remembered, a recap of his journey ..."A Final Letter"
2024
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The Ticking Clock

a short visual storytelling about that particular second
by Arche Pen, 2025

Tok ...Tok ...Tok ...At a time when the clock of the world is going to a reset, is a feeling of an end for all of us ... a clock that defines our reality as human beings. Every second is an echo that shakes the world, as it feels slower and louder as it beats ... as the numbers change, one by one.Though, how the world seems so loud to us, but how silent to other living beings - perhaps confused by how abnormal and mysterious it is to see how we shake the world as that particular second hit our reality.It's a closing to our long tale of a journey - a moment of a reset as we're a slave to the clock of the world, as we live according to its clock, a cycle of its own ...Tok ...Tok ...Tok ...3 ...2 ...1 ...[ 00 : 00 : 00 ]As the number is being reset in front of our eyes, something ... " Clicks " ... inside us, as the clock of the world resonates with the clock of our souls, we enter a state of reset, either to be celebrated or to be embraced in a moment of silence together ...Our world, Our reality, Everything ... flips upside down ...And so our lives ...Then, a new clock begins. And with it, we move ...Our journey starts again ...As the clock moves ... as we do ... to appreciate it ...As a cycle of everything ...Tok ...Tok ...Tok ...

Art of Time
by And
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End of the Year | a Click when that particular second hit our reality ..."A Ticking Clock"
2025
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Curiosity Asks for an Answer, Doesn't It ?

a short visual storytelling about :
Tsundoku | 積ん読 | to be surrounded by books
by Arche Pen, 2025

Curiosity . . .

" a state of being curious

Its lone nature stirs people from within, but true across the world.
To seek for the answer,
an understanding that can be reached in a lot of ways,
to be captured in different forms,
a source of inspiration in the process,
leading to the creation of many …
many things …In the thick pages of civilization,
A man was born with a question in his mind.
Not loud,
not an urgency,
but lingered on his edge.

“What else is out there?”

A tiny adventure then, once a boy, he set off …
He watched over the rain,
followed the ants' movement,
scratched pencil on paper,
taking the pen apart just to see how the ink moved,
and many … many more …As he grew older,
the question became deeper.
No longer just about what or how,

But why?

Why are we here?
Why do we suffer and seek happiness?
Why do we long for connection?
Why do we create?
and many … many more …One day,
He found … books.
Not just one, but shelves upon shelves.
lined across the street,
he passed_

` a little bookshop | words | images
… a story to unfold

` an answer …

So he peeked inside,
one by one.
Each is a possibility,

` a form of curiosity of its own …

So he began collecting them.
Piling them up in the corner of his room.
Waiting to be read_
But as the pile grew, the less he read.
And the doubts crept in …

The books are meant to be read,Curiosity asks for an answer, doesn’t it?Or does it ? …

Those unread books … unanswered questions … unfinished stories … and `untangled forms of curiosity … maybe they gave something precious to him. … imagination? … inspiration? … or the feeling of being curious, perhaps? …

He’s just curious … but he left it that way.
… unsolved … unrushed …
yet that’s what he’s looking for …

` that feeling of inspiration.

… then he surrounds himself with the books.
` a place to create …

` a labyrinth of his own …

Yet … the man wanted to see the world.
He couldn’t bring his tiny labyrinth …
So he sought another,
each in every city.

_ a Journey to the Unknown …

A labyrinth of books.
A massive one, enough to store a piece of the world.
A stack of books …
So high … unread … unreachable …
Yet some seem to be a decoration,to be deceived by its … cover ⁰⁰.Still … an endless spark of curiosity,
A source of inspiration that he can find out there.

Library,
A labyrinth for people …

And maybe, that’s all we ever need.
A bit of curiosity,
a pile of unread books,
and the courage to be surrounded by the unknown.
A creative space that we all looking for? Perhaps …
A labyrinth where curiosity kept safe.

Tsundoku | 積ん読
The unread materials
Stay curious,
or should I say …
Inspired _

An Essence of Curiosity | Tsundoku, the Unread Books
by And
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those unread books, they gave [.......] to him _ what is it ?
a story for those who love the feeling of Curious, a source of endless Inspiration
a short visual storytelling ..."Curiosity Asks for an Answer, Doesn't It ?"
2025
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