"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the
other is the PEN. There is a great competition and rivalry between the
two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women." -
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Never mind the last sentence, but I find the first and the second
statement-TRUE. Last week, I was able to visit a one of a kind museum
called PEN MUSEUM. In this generation of Wireless Fidelity almost
everywhere, we have laptops and mobiles to read and write. We would find
writers publishing their works ONLINE. In the Academe, we have schools
now that mandate their students to take quizzes and other tests ONLINE.
And even in our day to day living, we most of the time fill out forms
ONLINE instead of using an actual PEN.
PENS on display
This museum is such a brilliant concept! Caring and conserving the
"writing tools" that were used centuries ago up to the present was a
respectable effort. I was walking slowly as I stare fixedly in each
"writing tool". Each of them was unique and fascinated me.
More PENS
I've seen a Reed Pen up close, the writing tool in 4000B.C which
was used to scratch words onto boards of clay. From the stylus of
ancient times, to the quills of the middle age (our hero Jose Rizal is
famous in using this), to the ball point pens, fountain pens of the
modern age. Indeed, the "writing tool" has greatly evolved.
Reed PEN
Words
The museum also preserves the Typewriter which is still being used by the Notary Public in the Philippines.
Fountain PEN
Each of the "writing tool" has one goal and that is to express
one's thought. And after viewing everything, I came up with these two
reflections: that I must never get away of carrying a pen and that no
sweetest gesture in the world that can beat a message from the heart,
displaying one's handwriting using a PEN. Now, that is POWERFUL! :)
Souvenir photo at the PEN MUSEUM
Trying a PEN
