Nuclear PTC.

Not really nuclear, but this Pen Type-C is designed by Kuya from (p)olyconvenience.store. A few months ago Kuya reached out to with this video, so we decided to make it real.

We love the idea of Pen Type-C being used as a platform/template for storytelling. And Kuya did an amazing job with this one.

There's only 20 of these in total, so grab one quick.

KUYA PTC @ CW&T SHOP

KUYA PTC @ (P)OLYCONVENIENCE.STORE

The Nuclear Pen Type-C has a red cerakote with a sparkly shimmer. It is laser etched with esoteric storytelling nuggets, many esoteric nuggets. Here's a few...

The patent number listed is for a wagon lifting bracket, which was erroneously stamped on the GARD (gamma atomic radiation detector).

The "Actual Sample" marking refers to a marking placed on pencils once sold by the Kingston Pencil Company in the 1960s as advertising for Chicken Delight restaurants that actually contained Uranium Ore. Until realizing this was a terrible idea.

Be sure to watch Kuya's Video below...

KUYA PTC @ (P)OLYCONVENIENCE.STORE

KUYA PTC @ CW&T SHOP

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust, the page where I picked up last night ofter a few months. This time with a pen and an intention.

Deep reading.

Yesterday during a really nice studio visit with two friends, we somehow got onto the subject of long form reading. And our friend brought up a recent re-run of an Ezra Klein podcast, where he chats with Maryanne Wolf, neuroscientist and author of Proust and the Squid. Folding laundry before bed, I gave the podcast a listen.

At the center of their expansive conversation about reading and the brain, Wolf brings up a Proust quote, "where he sees the heart of reading as the place where we go beyond the wisdom of the author to discover our own". Klein's response to this recalls a special type of mindset, which for him usually only happen while reading on airplanes. In these moments, while yes, focussed on a text, a space is created for even more cherished moments, where thinking becomes expansive and associational. In line with Proust's point, "where wisdom goes beyond the author and into your own."

This passage really resonated with me. As I too search and long for those moments where thinking becomes expansive, which I've found harder to allocate as I get older. Sometimes (rarely) I can quiet my brain enough on a run or walk, or alone at a museum. But usually it happens while reading, and now I know it's a thing.

I picked up Proust for the first time several months ago. It has taken me time to get through, and now I understand why. As discussed by Wolf, it is a book you have to read with a particular intention. One that isn't about getting to the next plot point, or anticipating a narrative arc. It's more about being simply being present with the actual words as your read them.

I finished folding laundry, and turned off the podcast partway through, excited to pick up Proust again. This time slowly and accepting of that slowness. And with a pen. I flipped to my dog eared page, unable to remember where I was when I left off, and instead enjoyed where I was.

V2 Cantilever Light.

Here's V2 of the Cantilever Light made special for Colin (our studio assistant) to make it easier to see in The Annex.

Also, special shoutout and thank you to Colin who has been incredibly helpful and hard working always and especially during the very busy past few weeks. Thank you Colin!