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Inking impressions
Is the art of writing love letters dying?
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 Inking your heartfelt emotions is an art form in itself one might argue. Great writers, lovers, politicians have all bowed to this tool in expressing their hidden feeling of rapture and love towards another. There really isn't a method to the madness. From jotting notes to one another, latest e-mail techno mails, posties on the back, squiggles of hearts on napkins all of which turn sweet nothings into life-long memories of endearments tugging at your heart-strings as you extend the concept of love letters to accommodate your life, love and lately technology.
 Many of us are tongue-tied when it comes to expressing emotions or individual feelings for another. Thus, penning thoughts to paper doesn't seem so out of the ordinary. It's the result which can sometimes be extra-ordinary in opening vignettes into thought process, hearts, and the deep recesses of the mind and soul unifying people world wide, and through time and place in their quest in finding and expressing "true love".
Images of the traditional love letter rise like mist in our minds creating elaborate calligraphical etchings amidst pastel toned leafs of paper. A love letter in its true form can be written on anything and sent in any way even in a bottle. Some might argue it is a dying art yet stationary stories continue to thrive, and people continue to court, and words and feelings continue to be the way of expression especially between two souls. Let's see what our celebs had to say about the "L" letter.
 Ketaki Dave, Actress
Veteran actress Ketaki Dave has essayed the spectrum and jhalaks of different women and their extenuating relationships on both the big and small screen. She tells us why love letters hold a special significance in her life.
"Absolutely, the art of letter writing should be preserved. Because it is the first thought the one that comes from the pen that is the deepest from the heart. Also letters are tangible and are something to be cherished. It increases the bond between two people and because of that you feel nice. I find through correspondence in words a love affair could definitely grow. I know my husband and I have been married for twenty-three years now and we have continuously written letters to one and other to express our feeling at different stages in our lives. In fact, he just wrote to me three months earlier when I was traveling with my theatre group about certain feeling he couldn't profess for me. Also due to our haywire schedules his letters always remind me of the person I think the e-mail is just as effective in conveying one's feeling immediately, but the long-term impact wouldn't be the same as messages on the net can be easily deleted. In one word the importance of a love letter is in its memory. The fact that you once felt a certain way for someone and these feelings have been recorded for you to refer to. My husband's letters are special, he calls me by his pet-name for me, Jadoo (which means plump) and is a term of endearment. We have written countless letters to each other in English... I miss you, I miss your cheeks, your lips etc...)"
Do's and Don'ts of Love letter writing
Obviously no one is an expert on the subject of love letters the following links had some interesting stuff you might want to look at before you pen your passion on paper.
Experts advise:
- Be in a good mood. Your feelings will purge easily this way
- Use nice stationary. Try and avoid e-mails (impersonal)... A nice stationary, date add a sense of elegance and romanticism to the letter.
- Keep it short unless you're really in love or that person really loves you enough to cull through more than two pages of handwritten feelings.... You don't want a yawn after all your effort!
- Make sure what you say is honest or it could come back and haunt you years later!
- Try and keep it clean! Especially the guys who might want to refer to something that happened.
According to experts men are more immediate when it comes to feelings, love and expression while women tend to mull over words, love, and emotions into the future and tend to look back more often than men that move on and forget. Thus, keep your love letter clean (you guys) for future references.
Links you might want to check out-
http://www.writeexpress.com/How-to-write-a-love-letter.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/16XCW917K7AD9
http://www.womentodaymagazine.com/relationships/writeloveletter.html
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