MICHAEL PAARUP
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Michael Paarup loves to write. He holds Doctorate, MBA and BCOM Degrees, and qualifications as a Barrister, Solicitor, CPA, Company Director & Project Manager. He was born and raised in Canada, but now lives in Perth, Western Australia.
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My Small Black Notebook
Sir Elliot Winthorp III wrote all of his poems in a small black notebook. It was an old and romantic habit that he had developed as a young man when he was studying law at Cambridge. He liked the texture of the rigid marbled cover against his fingertips; and the way the pages absorbed the ink from his Montblanc Meisterstück Hommage á W.A Mozart platinum-coated fountainpen adorned with a hand-crafted 18K solid gold nib. The stark juxtaposition between the cheap notebook and the luxurious masterpiece fountainpen gave Elliot a giddy feeling of insouciant adventure – which, in turn, he was certain, helped him write his beloved poetry.
By MICHAEL PAARUP5 years ago in Families
