Pilcrow

¶ The pilcrow, that elegant little backwards P, marks the start of a new paragraph. I believe that beginnings deserve announcement, but pilcrows are all but lost outside of the world of typography. In fact, there’s a whole slew of punctuation that’s either been ignored, regularly misused, or completely discarded.

¶ The importance of this? In practicality, none, but I’ve been developing a small fascination for all the lost symbols. Punctuation has the uniquely beautiful role of constructing the intricacies of our language. Is there a better point of conversation?

¶ Probably. And on the list of such points of conversation could be the following things:

· the last 70 days of an undergrad’s education,
· the start of a new life in Providence, Rhode Island,
· and hopefully the beginning of a career in graphic design.

¶ But as for the punctuation, nothing seems more fitting right now than a little definition.