We humans are each different. Not only our fingerprints, the iris of our eyes, or DNA tests that decode everything from our age to the molecular level of our genome, and a graphologist would say even our handwriting is different. The former are innate elements of our identity, and the latter is learned. Through learning, we shape ourselves, we change, as we ourselves do throughout our lives and as we follow the spirit of the times, often without realising it.
Letters are different too, not only as morphemes but almost as separate entities. Maybe they are not as different as we imagine ourselves to be (with our family or national past, our memories, our complex feelings that connect us to each other and the present, influencing our choices and how we see the world) – and yet . . .
Human Touch? As a marker, our signature is almost grotesque, even dissonant in this digital world, where the perfect recording of information (image and sound) is replacing our unique signature, the human gesture, and erasing the humanity of identity. Yet understanding and accepting our identity is a crucial part of living a full and happy life. Print one & get more!
High-tech, with artificial intelligence that undoubtedly seems invasive, is becoming more and more a part of everyday life, bringing new types of entities into our lives: virtual characters, digital assistants, chatbots, and unexpected reflexes. Newfangled concepts are being integrated daily and testing our worldview.
A gesture of human thinking, expressed in a manual or designed creation, should be a surprise; we should marvel at its diversity and delight in it, taking the Epicurean idea literally: Carpe diem, that is, live in the present!
Péter Maczó
Professor Emeritus
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