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  @clivecolledge41919 күн бұрын

  Beautiful mark making. Music and calligraphy are one.

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  @joostwitte55469 күн бұрын

  Thank you Clive for the appreciation! Yes, music and calligraphy are really one.

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  @rorrimirror11 күн бұрын

  I'm curious. You use an interesting rastrum in this video. Where did you acquire it? I have a modern rastrum nib, but the ink seems to run out too quickly to draw staff lines across the page in a landscape layout. I'm just wondering because the one you use seems to have a reservoir area on it, which would be very helpful.

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  @joostwitte554611 күн бұрын

  I use an Automatic Pen - 5 line Music Nib - the nib is made of hand-finished non-rust nickel silver. After first using the historically correct brass rastrum, I switched to this pen because it is considerably easier to use and gives better results. It took a while before I really got used to it, but now I wouldn't want to be without it. I bought mine from Mary Koperdraad: www.kalligrafie.nl/c-4318478/pennen/

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  @rorrimirror11 күн бұрын

  @joostwitte5546 Thank you! This was very helpful. I didn't find them on that site, but now that I know what it is called, I managed to find some on a different site. Can't wait to try it out!

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  @promisespleases14 күн бұрын

  I dream of engaging in a similar situation as Bach did, meeting a dedicated group of musicians twice a week for two hours in the eveneing, over coffee/cacao, nicotine. Two hours each night is probably just the right amount of time, striking a balance between productivity and focus.

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  @lonelysonofgod9718 күн бұрын

  Hey dude, I really, really like your channel. I hope we would be friends if you visit Croatia for a coffee!

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  @joostwitte554618 күн бұрын

  That sounds really great, thanks for the invite!

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  @interruptingPreempt19 күн бұрын

  Those are some really great insights into his music writing, his family relations and his habits. Thank you so much for sharing this. =)

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  Thank you for watching and appreciating!

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  @thomasprislacjr.406320 күн бұрын

  O sacred head now wounded...

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  The video: How Bach expressed words in music - features this beautiful chorale and the different way in which Bach set it to tone.

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  @aloisbreu606320 күн бұрын

  Wonderful, thank you (again).

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  Das war eine sehr schöne Partitur zum Nachkalligrafieren.

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  @aloisbreu606320 күн бұрын

  Very beautiful and exciting. Thank you so much.

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  Vielen Dank, dass Sie meine Videos angesehen und geschätzt haben!

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  @aloisbreu606320 күн бұрын

  Großartig!

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  Das freut mich zu hören!

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  @aloisbreu606320 күн бұрын

  Sehr geehrter Herr Witte, Ihre höchst interessanten Beiträge rund um das Schaffen Bachs sind nicht nur außerordentlich informativ, sondern spannend wie ein Thriller. Ich hoffe, Sie bekommen die verdiente Anerkennung und sage siebenstellige Zugriffszahlen voraus ;) Herzlichen Dank für Ihre überaus wertvolle Arbeit!

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  @joostwitte554619 күн бұрын

  Vielen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Worte. Ja, es ist sehr aufregend zu erkennen, was es zu sehen gibt und wie es hergestellt wird.

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  @Bach603221 күн бұрын

  "...form and content are closely linked..." It appears that this would be visually analogous to his style of musical composition. Thank you again for sharing a superb video.

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  The subject of this video is close to my heart, when I started my research I could find very little fundamental information about it in the Bach literature, which made it so puzzling how letters and numbers and notes look the way they do - while there are excellent general calligraphy documentation. Thank you for the appreciation.

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  @markhedman188421 күн бұрын

  With all of the profound analysis by today's scholars of Bach's music - its spirituality, its depth, its passion, its architecture - and the modern means that we have at our disposal to create and edit and delete and print multiple copies - it makes it hard for us to conceive that Bach would have had to pay such close attention to the mundane and sometimes messy task of actually physically handwriting his music. We are fortunate that he was as good at it as he was. No matter how great a mind Bach had, we would have nothing from him if he didn't write it down. We live in a computer age - how often do you ever have to handwrite, and get it right on the first attempt? This seems similar to the medieval monks copying out the Bible, except that Bach had to create the music in his mind before writing it down. Did he ever write a rough draft before the final copy? He must have. Yet if he designed the layout of the page beforehand, he likely also conceived the design of the composition beforehand. Did he compose a fugue as he wrote it down, or did he create the whole fugue in his head and then put it on paper? According to his son, Bach did not compose at the keyboard. He likely had the same mental ability of someone with a photographic memory, so that a painter once having seen a landscape can later paint every detail. Or a math wiz that can perform complex equations in his head. Or a chess master who can play several games at once. Bach could probably manipulate any combination of musical notes in his head, and remember it, and later write it down with accuracy. He had the mind of an architect, engineer, physicist applied to music. Yet even Bach, as great a genius as he was, was not a disembodied spirit, or a Divine Mind, but a human being who still had employ ordinary means. It is this very juxtaposition of the ordinary conditions of Bach's outer life with his rich inner life revealed in his music, which seems to transcend all boundaries, that is a wonder.

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  Hello Mark, thanks for your thoughts, it is fascinating to imagine what must have been going on in Bach's head and how he went about composing. The fact that he was also just a human seems to increase the miracle, but also brings him closer in some way.

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  @peturadunga22 күн бұрын

  where to get this kind of materials? and how to learn to use them? :/

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  I will make a video about tools and materials and how to start and practice. Thanks for the question!

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  @peturadunga21 күн бұрын

  @joostwitte5546 BTW... the optics in your videos are excellent. Same can not be said about the audio

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  @@peturadunga Yes, I will have to do something about the sound. On my Instagram account @happy.sad.sad.happy.bach you can find videos with real musicians playing from my scores.

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  @Qermaq22 күн бұрын

  In 300 years, when people ask how today's musicians do lines, it will be an entirely different sort of video. I think most currently use a $20, frankly.

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  That is very witty!

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  @RickGraham23 күн бұрын

  I've always considered Bach's manuscripts as works of art. Then you hear the incredible music.... .

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Yes, one of the greatest or the greatest composer and calligrapher of all time!

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  @stillverseDri23 күн бұрын

  ok this is the perfect inspiration for the tasks and projects I have just began to formulate the minutia of understanding my necessity for embodying through practice. thank you!

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  You are very welcome, success with formulating the details of understanding the need to embody through practice.

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  @Bach603224 күн бұрын

  A genuinely enjoyable video. How much practice was required for you to be able to mimic Bach's musical writing style so faithfully?

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  @joostwitte554624 күн бұрын

  I started in November 2022 and took twenty two-hour lessons with a professional calligrapher. Since then I have been practicing every day, I am learning slowly but I am disciplined by nature. Calligraphy is a matter of technique and a lot of practice and good observation.

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  @Bach603222 күн бұрын

  @@joostwitte5546 Thank you for the reply--your work verifies that your training, practice and discipline have paid off wonderfully.

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  @bassface8424 күн бұрын

  fascinating...

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  @joostwitte554624 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @aldolopez956424 күн бұрын

  So many layer to discover thanks to the analysis of Bach's writing. ❤

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Thank you Aldo for your response!

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  @Patrick-ryan-collins24 күн бұрын

  Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for this deep dive. ❤❤❤

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  @joostwitte554624 күн бұрын

  Thank you for the compliments, I'm glad you appreciate it.

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  @krummhornregal24 күн бұрын

  I really like your channel...but I think is would be more interesting to see the calligraphy in real time not in fast forward.

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  @joostwitte554624 күн бұрын

  That's a good idea, I'll make a video about the speeds at which Bach wrote and make real time recordings of my calligraphy. An advantage of fast playback is that you can hear the music better while reading and it disguises my actual slow writing that is in a learning phase with countless thoughts. I personally enjoy watching it in real time, there is something calming about it, but I was afraid of boring viewers with it.

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  @Biber031525 күн бұрын

  Please do talk on this for hours! We'd love to listen.

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  I will do my best!

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  @chrismeyer999025 күн бұрын

  I wish I understood Bach's music at least partly as much as I love it!

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  @joostwitte554624 күн бұрын

  Me too!

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  @Ignaciogpardo25 күн бұрын

  Always very interesting videos, getting lost in small details and enjoying the search for Bach's truth!

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your comment Ignacio, I'm glad you watched!

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  @BrianCiach25 күн бұрын

  Like the English translation of the name, Bach-thus “brook”-your words and calligraphy eloquently stream.

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  Thank you Brian for your great response!

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  @patricioisaiascv25 күн бұрын

  Amazing channel and content! Your unique perspective on history, calligraphy, and Bach is truly inspiring. Keep up the incredible work! Saludos desde Chile 😄

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your nice response!

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  @hikawasayo619025 күн бұрын

  I never knew how much manuscripts tell about the composer until I watched one of your videos!

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Great, I'm happy about that!

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  @amusicment482925 күн бұрын

  😂 Man, oh Man 😊

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  @CalebePriester25 күн бұрын

  I can't believe Bach composed a love song for Apollo. Apollo is said to be the angel of the bottomless pit. Apollo isn't a "good guy" at all. Apollo means "The Destroyer". He's said to be the being who will lead an army against Jesus and stuff in The Judgment Day/Apocalipse/Revelations. "They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon." Revelation 9:11. I don't understand why Bach partook in such work. I did think all of his work was dedicated to the christian God. I would have never imagined that he composed for other gods as well... This is quite a shock to me. I was not expecting this.

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  I am sorry it's so disturbing. Phoebus aka Apollo finds himself in a morally difficult position because he accidentally killed Hyacinthus.

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  @nazlimilany6795 күн бұрын

  Love your great prachtig work so much! Enjoyed every second of it! Dank je wel for sharing. 💜🎶

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  @M_SC25 күн бұрын

  Boy I wouldn’t want to see what staff lines reveal about me, I can imagine and it isn’t good.

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  @M_SC25 күн бұрын

  Wow though, what an intriguing video! Thank you

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your response, and have confidence in your ability to master calligraphy, it is mainly a technique that you can learn.

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  @Jay-yd6qk25 күн бұрын

  Is your calligraphy available for purchase?

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  Yes, I work on commission! My channel account contains my email address to contact me.

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  @orsino8825 күн бұрын

  Like any good historian, you grasp that worlds upon worlds are implied by the smallest details of ordinary life-a stray mark, a hair!

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  @ChrisTackettMusic25 күн бұрын

  ...and I could listen to you talk about this for hours, too.

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Thank you Chris, that's a great incentive to continue.

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  @yat_ii25 күн бұрын

  The score is beautiful 😍

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Thank you, that's great to hear!

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  @sebastianchand839225 күн бұрын

  Be: "muss es sein?" Ba: "Man"... Be: "es muss sein."

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  @MrPiano199425 күн бұрын

  I love learning Calligraphy through your videos

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  Thank you, that's a great incentive to make many more!

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  @mq17225 күн бұрын

  Please *do* talk about it for hours :) Back when I still used to write music on paper, I always used a Pilot Razor Point. The first thing I would do after I opened it for the first time was split the plastic tip. That way you could get quill-like performance from it. Turn it one way and you get super-thin lines for stems and such. Then turn it halfway the other direction and you could get a nice thick line for 8th and 16th note flags and beams. Although I'm glad to have traded paper for perfect parts printed by the computer, I wouldn't trade the knowledge and experience of writing on paper for anything.

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Amazing!, splitting a Pilot Razor Point, I will try that for fun.

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  @DaveDurango25 күн бұрын

  4:38 this is beautiful. Glad I stumbled on your channel. The single note remind me of the quote by Emerson "Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  Nice quote! Pantheism (all, everything) summarizes the narrative in one single term.

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  @secondme20925 күн бұрын

  J.S. Bach is THE Man !

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  @TrebleWoofer125 күн бұрын

  Could you tell me about the rastrum you use? I collect and use old fountain pens for composing music and have written an article on music nibs, however am not as familiar with rastrums. The one you're using seems quite easy to use and produces healthy lines.

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  The rastrum I use is an automatic pen, made from steel. That is historically incorrect: a late 18th century invention. But brass rastra are not perfectly suited for the job.

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  @d.j.j.g25 күн бұрын

  “Man,” Bach wrote, with all his powers, “Man, o man,” Joost talks for hours, All about this man who knows, Bach, this brook from whom good flows. Flowing water makes us live. Flowing notes, Bach’s work to give, Kept on paper, scribed with ink, Helping us to feel and think. Think on what? God’s love, so wide, Christ, our savior, crucified, And the Holy Ghost, inspiring Bach to work and make, untiring. Witte keeps his thoughts online, Scribing with his quills, so fine, Finest insights, newly seen Every while, upon the screen. Publishing so far and wide: Bach’s great thoughts have never died. They live on, as Christ lives on, Music that is never gone: Never gone because we make All this music for love’s sake: Loving God, we work and try Music that will never die.

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  @CalebePriester25 күн бұрын

  Bach wrote a love song for Apollo. Can you believe that?

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  @IgnatiusZaaijman25 күн бұрын

  You put so much work and effort into your videos! Beautiful! And poor Gottfried Heinrich, he really didn't have a great life from what I can recall. Fascinating to see what could have been his handwriting!

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  The special combination of the expressive motor skills of a five-year-old and the coherent insight into musical notation makes me suspect that Gottfried was at work here. Thank you for your response Ignatius and your humane thought.

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  @gcapeletti25 күн бұрын

  Beautiful video. But this new trend of animating portraits gives me the creeps. It's like a nightmare.

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  @CalebePriester25 күн бұрын

  I did think it was pretty cool, but I can see why one would think it's kind of unsettling.

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  Yes, I can imagine the uncanny valley evokes horror. Hopefully the paintings on Greek pottery have provided some counterweight to this.

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  @mikolajkrakowiak836526 күн бұрын

  MAN I would love this score it’s so beautiful!

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  @joostwitte554620 күн бұрын

  Thank you Mikolaj! For watching and your response.

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  @squishyrrr26 күн бұрын

  <3 such lovely videos you create thanks alot warm greetings

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  @joostwitte554622 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your kind response!

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  @jdok100026 күн бұрын

  Brilliant. Thanks!

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  @joostwitte554625 күн бұрын

  Thank you, it was fun making this video.

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  @gingivitis914826 күн бұрын

  Welp I know what my sis is getting for Christmas this year

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  @joostwitte554626 күн бұрын

  Great!

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  @JN-so6wt26 күн бұрын

  this makes me feel a lot better about the quality and condition of my writing and written compositions! 😆

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  @joostwitte554626 күн бұрын

  That's a nice effect!

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  @Stefan_Kawalec26 күн бұрын

  Excellent and fascinating. Thank you for you work.

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  @joostwitte554626 күн бұрын

  Thank you for your response, I really appreciate it

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  @Raggo1234526 күн бұрын

  This is so wonderful! Thank you so much!

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  @joostwitte554626 күн бұрын

  Nice to hear, thank you!