Picture this: you sit down to write a journal entry. You pull out a bottle of Diamine Ancient Copper ink, untwist the cap, reach for your Platinum 3776, and unscrew the barrel to reveal the ink converter. You plunge the pen nib-first into the ink, twist the converter, and watch the red ink enter the pen. You give the pen a wipe down. It is now primed to dispense thoughts. And then when you actually begin to write, the process is essentially controlling a leak, guiding ink to paper to create symbols for the mind to interpret. You notice the ink gushing from the pen, how it sheens on the paper when the light hits it from a certain angle.